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Brenda Trupp's PodcastLangston HughesDid you know that "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" is a poem that centers around personification as a poetic device? Thanks to Noah we get to see why Mr. Hughes is so well respected in the world of poetry and literature.
2012-01-2001 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastLangston HughesDid you know that "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" is a poem that centers around personification as a poetic device? Thanks to Noah we get to see why Mr. Hughes is so well respected in the world of poetry and literature.
2012-01-2001 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastWalt WhitmanA podcast about our good friend Walt -- the absolute dandy and poet of his time. Thank you Raiya for addressing all the important pieces of Walt's career and life.
2012-01-2001 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastWalt WhitmanA podcast about our good friend Walt -- the absolute dandy and poet of his time. Thank you Raiya for addressing all the important pieces of Walt's career and life.
2012-01-2001 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastE-mail EtiquetteLearn the ins and the outs to e-mail etiquette. Brought to you by KERA.
2011-04-1951 minBrenda Trupp's PodcastE-mail EtiquetteLearn the ins and the outs to e-mail etiquette. Brought to you by KERA.
2011-04-1951 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastThe Raven by Edgar Allen PoeEmily reads to us The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe. Feel free to read along:
http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html
The Raven
by Edgar Allan Poe
First Published in 1845
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
" 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door;
Only this, and nothing more."
Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying...
2010-12-2307 min
Brenda Trupp's Podcastee cummings BiographyWith eloquent diction, Hannah shines the light of ee cummings into our lives. Yipee for no capitalization and punctuation -- a key trait of all cummings' work.
2010-07-2304 min
Brenda Trupp's Podcastee cummings BiographyWith eloquent diction, Hannah shines the light of ee cummings into our lives. Yipee for no capitalization and punctuation -- a key trait of all cummings' work.
2010-07-2304 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastCarl Sandburg BiographyKaitlyn tells us about the life of American Poet Carl Sandburg. Listen now -- a Sandburg fact was on Jeopardy tonight, Kaitlyn actually talks about it!
2010-07-2303 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastCarl Sandburg BiographyKaitlyn tells us about the life of American Poet Carl Sandburg. Listen now -- a Sandburg fact was on Jeopardy tonight, Kaitlyn actually talks about it!
2010-07-2303 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastBruce Springsteen BiographyCaleb teaches us about "The Boss", Bruce Springsteen. Yes, even Bruce Springsteen is considered a poet.
2010-07-0904 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastBruce Springsteen BiographyCaleb teaches us about "The Boss", Bruce Springsteen. Yes, even Bruce Springsteen is considered a poet.
2010-07-0904 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastJack Kerouac BiographyLaurel takes us "On The Road" of Beat Generation Writer, Jack Kerouac. Did you know Kerouac was thrown in jail for accessory to murder?
2010-07-0930 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastAdrienne Rich BiographyNatalie speaks about woman, homosexual, and political activist, Adrienne Rich. Thanks Natalie for giving such a great poet a voice!
2010-07-0906 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastAdrienne Rich BiographyNatalie speaks about woman, homosexual, and political activist, Adrienne Rich. Thanks Natalie for giving such a great poet a voice!
2010-07-0906 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastMaya Angelou BioFollow Stella as she tells the life and times of poet and novelist Maya Angelou, and no she is not Oprah but they are good friends.
2010-06-1102 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastAmiri Baraka / LeRoi Jones BioDirah tells about the life of one of the lesser known Beat Generation poets, Amiri Baraka who was also known as LeRoi Jones. Did you know that Amiri considers LeRoi's death to be in the 1960s?
2010-06-0903 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastAmiri Baraka / LeRoi Jones BioDirah tells about the life of one of the lesser known Beat Generation poets, Amiri Baraka who was also known as LeRoi Jones. Did you know that Amiri considers LeRoi's death to be in the 1960s?
2010-06-0903 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastEmily Dickinson BioEvan explains why he feels that poet Emily Dickinson led a very sheltered and boring life. Evan does admit that her anthology of poems is quite extraordinary.
2010-05-2502 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastEmily Dickinson BioEvan explains why he feels that poet Emily Dickinson led a very sheltered and boring life. Evan does admit that her anthology of poems is quite extraordinary.
2010-05-2502 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastGary Soto BioMax tells us so eloquently about the life and times about novelist and poet Gary Soto. Mr. Soto is considered one of the greatest Mexican-American writers of all time.
2010-05-2503 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastGary Soto BioMax tells us so eloquently about the life and times about novelist and poet Gary Soto. Mr. Soto is considered one of the greatest Mexican-American writers of all time.
2010-05-2503 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastJohn Milton BioIsaac tells us about the original poet, no, not Bill Shakespeare, before him: this is the life of epic poet John Milton. Milton wrote the famous epic poem, Paradise Lost.
2010-05-2502 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastJohn Milton BioIsaac tells us about the original poet, no, not Bill Shakespeare, before him: this is the life of epic poet John Milton. Milton wrote the famous epic poem, Paradise Lost.
2010-05-2502 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastRobert Frost BioEddie tells us about the intellectual poet, Robert Frost. Frost was a great American poet; one that the United States should and is proud of . . . Eddie sure thinks so.
2010-05-2502 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastRobert Frost BioEddie tells us about the intellectual poet, Robert Frost. Frost was a great American poet; one that the United States should and is proud of . . . Eddie sure thinks so.
2010-05-2502 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastGwendolyn Brooks BioEighth grader, Gena, pronounced Jenna and not Geena -- I made that mistake only once, gives us a thorough biography of poet Gwendolyn Brooks. Gena utilizes creativity and multiple voices to convey the interesting life of Ms. Brooks.
2010-05-2302 min
Brenda Trupp's PodcastGwendolyn Brooks BioEighth grader, Gena, pronounced Jenna and not Geena -- I made that mistake only once, gives us a thorough biography of poet Gwendolyn Brooks. Gena utilizes creativity and multiple voices to convey the interesting life of Ms. Brooks.
2010-05-2302 min