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Think Humanities episodes
- National Poetry Month - Jeff Worley 4/30Kentucky Poet Laureate, Jeff Worley, recites one of his favorite poems written by former Kentucky Poet Laureate, Dr. Richard Taylor.3 min
- National Poetry Month - Jeff Worley 4/30Kentucky Poet Laureate, Jeff Worley, recites one of his favorite poems written by former Kentucky Poet Laureate, Dr. Richard Taylor.3 min
- National Poetry Month - Richard Taylor 4/29Professor of English at Transylvania University and former Kentucky Poet Laureate, Dr. Richard Taylor, reads “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden.2 min
- National Poetry Month - Richard Taylor 4/29Professor of English at Transylvania University and former Kentucky Poet Laureate, Dr. Richard Taylor, reads “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden.2 min
- National Poetry Month - Tasha Cotter 4/28Tasha Cotter, president of the Kentucky State Poetry Society, reads her poem, “Thanksgiving.”3 min
- National Poetry Month - Tasha Cotter 4/28Tasha Cotter, president of the Kentucky State Poetry Society, reads her poem, “Thanksgiving.”3 min
- National Poetry Month - Jeremy Paden 4/27Dr. Jeremy Paden, professor of Spanish at Transylvania University, recites his poem “How to Make Bread Pudding” – a poem published in his work, "Prison Recipes."5 min
- National Poetry Month - Jeremy Paden 4/27Dr. Jeremy Paden, professor of Spanish at Transylvania University, recites his poem “How to Make Bread Pudding” – a poem published in his work, "Prison Recipes."5 min
- National Poetry Month - Kathleen Driskell 4/26Kathleen Driskell recites a poem by Ruth Fainlights titled “Flower Feet.”3 min
- Episode 81 - Frank X Walker, PoetApril is National Poetry Month, and Kentucky Humanities is celebrating with a poem a day from Kentucky’s most celebrated poets, including Frank X Walker. Walker is the former Kentucky Poet Laureate and is a Professor of English at the University of Kentucky. He is a co-founder of the Affrilachian Poets and coined the term "Affrilachia."36 min
About Think Humanities
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Kentucky Humanities is an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities in Washington, D.C. The Council is supported by the National Endowment and by private contributions. We are not a state agency, and we receive no state funds, but we are proud partners with Kentucky's cultural, heritage, arts, and tourism agencies.
Why are we Telling Kentucky's Story?
More than just history, by Kentucky's story we mean Kentucky's writers, inventors, judges, musicians, architects, doctors – in short, the contributions from every walk of life to the quality of life in Kentucky. We recognize a need to build civic engagement as well as literacy, and we want to involve all ages and all places from Pine Knot to Princeton. Everyone has a story to tell, and everyone can learn from the stories of others. These stories, taken together, are the stories of our communities, our counties, our regions, and our unique Kentucky culture and heritage. They are the basis of our pride and the basic premise of community.
What are the Humanities?
Humanity in all its forms. The humanities are the values by which we live, the ideas that organize our thinking, and all of the ways we communicate with each other. The humanities include the ways of knowing found in the academic disciplines of history, literature, and philosophy, as well as anthropology, sociology and psychology. But they encompass much more: religion, culture, the origins of Bluegrass music, the archaeology of landfills, Kentuckians' love for their counties, what they teach their children, why they make burgoo. All these things are the humanities.