Celebrating National Poetry Month: Local poet Dick Hague reads The Beast of Beer from his book Beasts, River, Drunk Men, Garden, Burst and Light: Sequences and Long Poems.

Celebrating National Poetry Month: Acclaimed Paul Laurence Dunbar scholar and University of Dayton professor emeritus Dr. Herbert Woodward Martin joins our Barbara Gray to talk about Dunbar’s writings and recites a couple of his poems.

Celebrating National Poetry Month: Local poet and president of Fountain Square Publishing , Jinny Powers Berten, joins us to read her poem, That Dog from her book, We Dance .

Celebrating National Poetry Month: Roberta Schultz welcomes 2018 Cincinnati Poet Laureate Manuel Iris to the studio for some readings of his poetry in addition to her review of his work.

A Message of Hope from Guatemala native and naturalized American citizen, Rene Micheo , a former principal dancer with the Cincinnati Ballet.

Around Cincinnati kicks off National Poetry Month with local writer and poet Quanita Roberson . She’s in the studio with Barbara Gray to talk about the genesis of her two volumes, Soul Growing and Soul Growing II , written for 13-year-old boys and girls.

Stephen Hough is a talented pianist and accomplished author who has recent releases of a Brahms CD and a collection of essays on music and life. His April appearance in Cincinnati has been cancelled, but he joins Elaine Diehl by phone to talk about his new CD ( Brahms: The Final Piano Pieces ) and book ( Rough Ideas: Reflections on Music and More ).

It’s the 150 th anniversary of the publication of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women , so Kate Bolick and three of her author friends have published a new book celebrating their attachment to the book and the four sisters. Our Kelly Blewett speaks with her on the phone about the unique format of March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women: A Library of America Special Publication.

Tim Perrino , Executive Artistic Director of Cincinnati Landmark Productions , shares his Message of Hope commentary.

The Cincinnati Jazz Hall of Fame 2020 induction has been postponed until May or June, but the new class is an impressive lineup of local jazz legends. One of those inductees, pianist and Grammy-winning arranger Bill Cunliffe , joins Ron Esposito for a conversation about his music and career.