Shortly after Martin Luther King's assassination in 1968, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote a poem about the power of riots.

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The Poet and the Riot

Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too.

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Declan Ryan on his father's construction job, tenderness between boxers, and the inevitable tragic end.

Working-Class Superheroes

Monica Rico on cooking, grunt work, and the heat at General Motors.

All the Shiny Knives

Nam Le on commerce, irony vs. sincerity, and being in the Arctic.

Let Light Form

Gregory Pardlo on improv, therapy, and driving around with his father’s ashes.

The Poet and the Riot

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