Poetry

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World Poetry Special: Part 2, with Walt Curtis

Airs at: Tue, 03/21/2023 at 10:30pm - 11:00pm
Join us in the second half of Talking Earth's World Poetry Day Special, host Walt Curtis and board-op Patrick Bocarde read poetry from Rimbaud, Baudelaire, Appollonaire, Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Paul Celan among others, many in their original languages.  Filmaker Sabrina Gui... Read more

The Poet and the Poem

  Grace Cavalieri: Producer/Host Mike Turpin: Engineer/Post Production    The Poet and The Poem from the Library of Congress         Read more

World Poetry Day

Join KBOO on March 21st, to celebrate the art of prose. Poetry is one of humanity's most treasured forms of cultural expression that allows us to creatively and intimately communicate the experiences of the human condition. Read more

Kicking It Old School

Airs at: Thu, 02/09/2023 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Rose City Native Radio
  Native Poetry corner with William Nuutupu Giles is a Samoan afakasi poet and arts educator from Hawaii. Will is a Touring Artist, International Poetry Slam Champion, and Kundiman Fellow. Biography William Nuutupu Giles is an afakasi poet and arts educator from Hawaii, wh... Read more

Reclaiming Limits

Airs at: Wed, 01/18/2023 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for For The Wild
  Bringing us into his world of nature, awe, and magical poetry, guest Jarod K. Anderson reminds us that our human journey is worthy of just as much love and affection as the natural world around us. When we come to nature with intention, how might it guide us towards love... Read more

Afakasi Samoan Poet William Nuutupu Giles

Airs at: Thu, 12/29/2022 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Rose City Native Radio
  With Music, poems, rap and more - all things Native - for our Indian Country --- Poetry by William Nuutupu Giles, an Afakasi Samoan writer and arts educator from Honolulu, Hawaii. They have performed poetry on stages across North America including the San Francisco Oper... Read more

Talking Earth: Book Stab 1

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for Talking Earth
Tonight's edition of Talking Earth is the inaugural edition of Book Stab, where host Patrick Bocarde discusses the merits and mostly demerits of novels and poetry with guests.  Tonight's guest is Ceylon Anderson.  Mr Anderson was co-producer and co-writer of The Worriers, a... Read more

The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team

Airs at: Thu, 12/15/2022 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for Beyond Your Front Door
  Finding a dead bird on the beach might not be pleasant, but tracking those birds can provide a wealth of important information about the health of our marine and coastal environment - and that information can lead to positive changes. You might be surprised to learn that... Read more

Talking Earth: December 12, 2022 with Walt Curtis

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for Talking Earth
On tonight's edition of spoken word show Talking Earth, Walt pontificates a little about the holidays, and board-op Patrick Bocarde reads a passage from Slaughterhouse-Five, as well as poems about snow and cats.  Mr. Bocarde also reveals his favorite holiday music, in a ver... Read more

Chris Abani, author of Smoking the Bible (part 2 of 2)

Airs at: Thu, 12/29/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Between The Covers
Listen in to the second of our two-part interview with poet, essayist, novelist, Igbo priest, and humanitarian Chris Abani. We'll be talking about Chris's latest collection of poems Smoking The Bible, an elegy to his dear brother and an exploration of love, loss, exile, and... Read more