Articulate Experience

Language Artists


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On this episode of Articulate Experience—three writers whose love of language propelled their work. 

The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon hasn’t lived in Ireland since he was a teenager. But everywhere he’s gone, his native culture’s obsession with language and storytelling has travelled with him. 

A childhood love of words led Kory Stamper to spend nearly twenty years writing and editing dictionary definitions.  

Cheryl Boyce-Taylor has found purpose in preserving and promoting her native Trinidadian creole through her  dialectic poetry,

  • [01:01] Paul Muldoon 
  • [12:18] Kory Stamper 
  • [34:58] Cheryl Boyce-Taylor 

Articulate Experience examines stories of humanity, resilience, and wisdom through the words of some of today’s greatest writers.

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Articulate ExperienceBy Jim Cotter