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Closer Look with Rose ScottHonoring Dr. Gloria Wade-Gayles; GeorgiaCAN helps families find best education optionsOn today’s “Closer Look with Rose Scott,” we remember scholar, trailblazer, civil rights activist, mentor, revolutionary, colleague, shero - Dr. Gloria Wade-Gayles. Playwright and poet Pearl Cleage and Marla Frederick, Spelman alumna and Dean of the Harvard Divinity School, join the program to share how the beloved professor influenced her students and highlighted the experiences of Black Women in American culture. Also, sometimes the best option for your child’s education might be right around the corner from your home and you wouldn’t even know it. That’s where GeorgiaCAN steps him. We speak to a parent and...
2026-01-2950 min
Books by DL White BookcastBookcast Episode 135: You Betta (Pre)WorkIn this episode, I share a reading update, a quick TV check-in, and an overview of the first project I’m pre-working for 2026.Book Report I’m currently 7 books into my 150-book reading goal for the year. Most of my reading this week was in audio.Books discussed:Champagne Taste on a Bad Boy Budget by Zuri DayBehind These Four Walls by Yasmin AngoeThe Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust by Diana B. HenriquesThe Wilderness by Angela FlournoyGroove by Bernice McFadden (writing as Geneva Holliday)Kin by Taya...
2026-01-1228 min
NPR's Book of the DayRevisiting ‘Waiting to Exhale’As the film adaptation of ‘Waiting to Exhale’ celebrates its 30th anniversary, B.A. Parker and Andrew Limbong, along with It’s Been a Minute host, Brittany Luse, revisit its source material about four friends, Savannah, Gloria, Robin, and Bernadine, as they make their way through the 30s, in love and in life. Later on, special guest, Tia Williams, speaks to Andrew about how Terry McMillian paved the way for her career path as a romance novelist. Brittany’s Recommendation: ‘Things I Should Have Told My Daughter: Lies, Lessons & Love Affairs’ by Pearl CleageParker’s Recommendatio...
2025-12-2036 min
Black Market ReadsE100: A Landmark Celebration of Black Stories, Voices, and LegacyHosted by Lissa Jones, the 100th episode is an expansive, deeply moving celebration that honors the elders, the artists, the activists, and the community that built—and continues to fuel—the Black literary tradition. Highlights include: • A newly released archival segment featuring J. California Cooper Recorded before the podcast officially launched, this rare conversation hosted by elder storyteller Beverly Cottman with renowned author J. California Cooper offers timeless reflections on writing, wisdom, and the purpose of storytelling. • A segment honoring the legacy of George Floyd through poetry Two Minneapolis poets, Mary Moore Easter and Bern...
2025-12-0249 min
HouseAct PodcastEPISODE 09: TELLING YOUR STORY (Pearl Cleage, Writing, and Looking Ahead)Join us for a very special season finale! This episode we got the chance to speak with legendary writer Pearl Cleage as she reflects on her incredible journey in an effort to inspire the next generation of artists (Spoiler Alert: She does!)
2025-10-181h 08
Let's Get This Shaw on the RoadBlues for an Alabama Sky: Kimberley Rampersad & Virgilia Griffith in ConversationWhat does it mean to rehearse with care, rigour, and trust? Director Kimberley Rampersad and actor Virgilia Griffith join us for a deep and moving conversation about Blues for an Alabama Sky at the Shaw Festival, from its political weight to its lyrical beauty.They talk about how Pearl Cleage’s 1995 play resonates today, how costumes and choreography influence character, and how actors and directors find each other through shared values and ambition. It's a conversation about legacy, joy, and the sacredness of the rehearsal room.We are also joined by Jeff Irving who tells us...
2025-08-0738 min
New Books in African American StudiesKatie Mitchell, "Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores" (Random House, 2025)Traversing teeming metropolises and tiny towns, Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores (Random House, 2025) explores these spaces, chronicling these Black bookstore’s past and present lives. Combining narrative prose, eye-catching photography, one-on-one interviews, original essays, and specially curated poetry, Prose to the People is a reader’s road trip companion to the world of Black books.
Thoughtfully curated by writer and Black bookstore owner Katie Mitchell, Prose to the People is a must-have addition to the shelves of anyone who loves book culture and Black history. Though not a definitive guide, this dynamic book centers profi...
2025-07-2243 min
New Books in Popular CultureKatie Mitchell, "Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores" (Random House, 2025)Traversing teeming metropolises and tiny towns, Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores (Random House, 2025) explores these spaces, chronicling these Black bookstore’s past and present lives. Combining narrative prose, eye-catching photography, one-on-one interviews, original essays, and specially curated poetry, Prose to the People is a reader’s road trip companion to the world of Black books.
Thoughtfully curated by writer and Black bookstore owner Katie Mitchell, Prose to the People is a must-have addition to the shelves of anyone who loves book culture and Black history. Though not a definitive guide, this dynamic book centers profi...
2025-07-2243 min
New Books in Literary StudiesKatie Mitchell, "Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores" (Random House, 2025)Traversing teeming metropolises and tiny towns, Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores (Random House, 2025) explores these spaces, chronicling these Black bookstore’s past and present lives. Combining narrative prose, eye-catching photography, one-on-one interviews, original essays, and specially curated poetry, Prose to the People is a reader’s road trip companion to the world of Black books.
Thoughtfully curated by writer and Black bookstore owner Katie Mitchell, Prose to the People is a must-have addition to the shelves of anyone who loves book culture and Black history. Though not a definitive guide, this dynamic book centers profi...
2025-07-2243 min
The City Lights CollectiveMark Kendall reflects on Richard Pryor / 50 years of Art PapersA new box Richard Pryor box set is out now on Rhino Records, and comedian and “What’s Good Atlanta” co-host Mark Kendall reflects on the icon’s legacy. Plus, Sarah Higgins, the executive and artistic director of Art Papers, discusses the decision to sunset the publication after 50 years, and we revisit Lois’s 2018 conversation with Atlanta playwright Pearl Cleage as part of our “Farewell Favorites” series.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2025-06-0952 min
Black Market ReadsEpisode 94 - Pearl Cleage, The Nacirema SocietyIn this episode, Lissa Jones welcomes playright Pearl Cleage back to Black Market Reads as they talk about her play The Nacirema Society Requests the Honor of Your Presence at a Celebration of Their First 100 Years, playing at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis April 19-May 29, 2025. SYNOPSIS Grande dames Grace Dunbar and Catherine Green prepare for the Nacirema Society's 1964 centennial cotillion — the event of the season in Montgomery, Alabama. The elegant African American debutantes include Grace's granddaughter Gracie, escorted by Catherine's grandson Bobby, and the two grandmothers hope the young couple will soon be engaged. But Gracie and Bobby...
2025-04-2140 min
Haymarket Books LiveI Know What the Red Clay Looks LikeJoin Rebecca Carroll in conversation with Donika Kelly and Chanda Prescod-Weinstein as they discuss and celebrate the newly imagined edition of I Know What the Red Clay Looks Like.The first edition of I Know What the Red Clay Looks Like, published in 1994, remains an essential text for readers of Black feminist literature in all genres. Featuring interviews with and excerpts by writers like Rita Dove, Pearl Cleage, Barbara Neely, June Jordan, and others, this indispensable work speaks to the intersections of politics and art-making along the lines of race, gender, sexuality, and class.Now...
2025-04-011h 27
Knowledge GumboEmbracing Discomfort: The Path to Personal Growth"Discomfort is always a necessary part of enlightenment" - Pearl CleageEpisode OverviewIn this episode, host Alicia Thomas explores how discomfort is essential for personal growth and enlightenment, using a powerful quote from acclaimed playwright and author Pearl Cleage as inspiration.Episode HighlightsThe difference between good and bad discomfort (01:00)How pushing beyond your comfort zone leads to growth (01:51)Standing on your values when others don't (03:17)Why we change friends during different life phases (05:03)Viewing discomfort as opportunity rather than roadblock (06:37)The importance of creating systems for healthy living (08:57)Learning to say "no"...
2025-03-1728 min
No Script: The Podcast"Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous" by Pearl Cleage | S14.E04What happens when the countercultural artmakers get old? What happens when their revolutionary criticisms of the establishment become the establishment? Pearl Cleage dives into these deep waters in her play "Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous." Listen in as Jackson and Jacob discuss this smart, funny, and energetic play.
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Check out these other conversations on Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous:
Artistic Director of Hartford Stage, Melia Bensussen, discusses the play with Pearl Cleage: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2550992795208574
Interview with the cast of the Hartford Stage production: https://www.youtube.com...
2025-02-2449 min
Spark: Igniting Dynamic DialogueFilmer 7: Ethan Payne & Nzzy on Nzzy's ArkWe’re starting Season 3 talking about Filmer! We speak with Ethan Payne and Nzzy this week regarding their film, Nzzy’s Ark!
Ninel Nekay (preferably known as Nzzy) is a poet, filmmaker, teaching artist, theorist, and practitioner of the philosophies she depicts within her portfolio. She seeks to entice fellow worldbuilders to reimagine their pursue agency and their own utopias. She recently screened her visual poem “Bless Your Heart”, a film about Black women and the complicated relationship they have with femicide and intimate partner violence. Her craft has been recognized by artists such as Nile R...
2025-01-1514 min
Your BIPOC Writing CoachTelling Black Women's Stories across Platforms with Rebecca CarrollThis is our last episode of Season 4!
On episode 46 of the podcast, I am so excited to share my conversation with Rebecca Carroll, whose new book, I Know What the Red Clay Looks Like: The Voice & Vision of Black Women Writers (Haymarket) was re-released on December 3, 2024.
Rebecca is a writer, cultural critic, and host of the podcasts Come Through with Rebecca Carroll and the award-winning Billie Was a Black Woman . Her 2021 memoir, Surviving the White Gaze, where she shares her experiences about growing up in New Hampshire as a Black adoptee with white parents, was cal...
2024-12-1653 minSpark: Igniting Dynamic DialogueNzzy: Poet, Teaching Artist, FilmmakerNinel Nekay (preferably known as Nzzy) is a second-generation Jamaican-American Southerner and interdisciplinary cultural worker whose art demonstrates the stifled desires and salvation of Black non-men in the American South. As a poet, filmmaker, teaching artist, theorist, and practitioner of the philosophies she depicts within her portfolio, she seeks to entice fellow worldbuilders to reimagine their pursue agency and their own utopias. As Atlanta's former Youth Poet Laureate, previous National Black Arts Festival Fellow, Alternate Roots grantee, We Are Family Youth To The Front Fund recipient, and Next Doc Film Fellow, Color Congress intern, Nzzy has been active in...
2024-10-2318 min
Liberation is Lit PodcastFree Woman on a Love Journey with EbonyJaniceIn this episode, we speak with EbonyJanice about her book 'All the Black Girls Are Activists,' the concept of womanism, and the importance of love. EbonyJanice shares her views on the significance of names, freedom, and love, as well as the challenges of (not) balancing softness with activism in the Black community. The conversation delves into the influence of 'The Color Purple' and the need to “sit down.” You’re going to want to tune in for these sermons! Be sure to tune in next week for part 2!EbonyJanice’s Books:All...
2024-10-1128 min
The City Lights Collective“Blues for an Alabama Sky” / Next Narrative Monologue CompetitionDirector Amanda Washington and playwright Pearl Cleage discuss the new production of “Blues for an Alabama Sky,” which opens tomorrow at Actor’s Express and runs through June 23. Plus, we hear about the Atlanta high school student who placed second in this year’s “Next Narrative Monologue” Competition.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2024-05-2951 min
The City Lights CollectivePearl Cleage / Speaking of 'The Boom': Nikki MarshallAward-winning Atlanta poet and playwright Pearl Cleage discusses her newest play, “Something Moving: A Meditation on Maynard,” coming to the Alliance Theater this fall. Plus, we learn about the use of music in film and television and highlight Nikki Marshall in our series, “Speaking of ‘The Boom.’”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2024-01-0351 min
Poetry is BreadThe Art of Spoken Word with Bob Holman #3 with Tracie Morris, Amiri Baraka, Pearl Cleage, Paul Beatty and Indran Amirthanayagam
The Art of Spoken Word with Bob Holman #3
Focus on poets Tracie Morris, Amiri Baraka, Pearl Cleage, Paul Beatty and Indran Amirthanayagam.
The podcast is co-produced by Ram Devineni. Find more episodes at https://www.bowerypoetry.com/
2023-12-0615 min
Reduced Shakespeare Company PodcastThe Nacirema SocietyChicago director Lili-Anne Brown brings extraordinary levels of funny and heart to the Goodman Theatre production of Pearl Cleage's wonderful comedy of class, The Nacirema Society Requests the Honor of Your Presence at a Celebration of Their First One Hundred Years. Brown discusses the kind of rehearsal room she creates; how she worked her way up the theatrical ladder; how we don't talk enough about the value of comedy; how the comedy basics of high status versus low status goes too frequently unrecognized; how she gives license to her actors to explore and invent; how the best and funniest...
2023-10-1721 min
AWM Author TalksEpisode 162: Pearl CleageThis week, playwright, poet, and author Pearl Cleage discusses her life and career with Remy Bumppo Theatre Artistic Director Marti Lyons. Remy Bumppo staged Cleage's Blues for an Alabama Sky in the fall of 2023. This conversation originally took place September 26, 2023 and was recorded live via Zoom.
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Pearl Cleage (she/her/hers) is an Atlanta-based writer whose plays include POINTING AT THE MOON, WHAT I LEARNED IN PARIS, FLYIN’ WEST, BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY, and BOURBON AT THE BORDER, commissioned and directed by Kenny Leon at...
2023-10-1657 min
American Theatre OffscriptOffscript: Pearl Cleage Speaks Her TruthOn this episode Kelundra and J.R. talk to the Atlanta playwright about Chicago's month-long celebration in her honor, the value of community-driven storytelling, and her new play 'Something Moving: A Meditation on Maynard.'
2023-09-1900 minAmerican Theatre OffscriptOffscript: Pearl Cleage Speaks Her TruthOn this episode Kelundra and J.R. talk to playwright Pearl Cleage about Chicago's month-long celebration in her honor, the value of community-driven storytelling, and her new play "Something Moving: A Meditation on Maynard."
2023-09-1959 min
QUOTATIONSEpisode 170 - Pearl Cleage on SolitudePearl Cleage is an author, poet, and playwright with a resume full of challenging works on difficult topics. Her accomplishments and publications are many and she is no stranger to late nights and long hours of hard work. That said, she also understands the importance of downtime and caring for ourselves amidst the hustle and bustle. Today's quote highlights that need and shows us the difference between solitude and loneliness.
2023-09-0615 min
The City Lights CollectivePearl Cleage / Busking in Atlanta / Moving in the SpiritAtlanta playwright, author, poet, and political activist Pearl Cleage stops by to discuss winning the 2022 Paul Robeson Award. Plus, we’ll hear about busking in Atlanta, and executive director Shalondra Henry details the youth dance organization, “Moving in the Spirit.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2023-08-2552 min
The More the Merrier with donna gtmtm 30 July 23 Guest: Helen Juvonen Co-Artistic Director Guild Festival Theatre on The Drowning GirlsHelen Juvonen of Guild Festival Theatre and I discuss why she chose to direct a play, set in the early 20th century, about three women murdered in their bathtubs by their bigamist serial killer husband, and the power of humour in the telling of the macabre tale from the women's perspective. On www.ciut.fmMusic and Spoken Word by: Malika Tirolien (Rise), d'bi young (Gawdess), Pearl Cleage (Turning 40), Kindred and the Family (I Am), Ursula Rucker (Letter to a Sister Friend), Maxx Botita (Femme), Shakura S'aida (Gotta Live)#TheMoreTheMerrierWithDonnaG#BlackWomenBehindTheMic...
2023-07-3159 min
The City Lights CollectiveArtist Edouard Duval-Carrié / Poet Mia S. Willis / Pearl CleageMultidisciplinary artist and curator Edouard Duval-Carrié discusses the elements of Haitian Voodoo and mythology in his surreal mixed-media paintings. His artwork is on view at Hammond’s House through October 1. Plus, Mia S. Willis takes the spotlight in our series, “Speaking of Poetry,” and then playwright, poet, and political activist Pearl Cleage joins us for a moving reading of “A Poem for Our Children.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2023-07-1951 min
Millennials Are Killing Capitalism"The Mind Is the Weapon" - Thandisizwe Chimurenga and Yusef "Bunchy" Shakur on the Political Writings of Sanyika ShakurIn this episode we welcome Thandisizwe Chimurenga and Yusef "Bunchy" Shakur to have a conversation that revolves around Sanyika Shakur's final book, Stand-Up, Struggle Forward: New Afrikan Revolutionary Writings on Nation, Class and Patriarchy. Thandisizwe Chimurenga is an award-winning Los Angeles-based journalist. Having worked in print and radio/broadcast journalism, she is the author of No Doubt: The Murder(s) of Oscar Grant; Reparations … Not Yet: A Case for Reparations and Why We Must Wait; the soon-to-be-published Some Of Us Are Brave: Interviews and Conversations with Sistas on Life, Art and Struggle, published by Daraja Press, and No...
2023-07-121h 41
The Gray Area with Sean IllingWhen you can't separate art from artistWhat do we do when an artist we love does something monstrous? Constance Grady, a culture writer at Vox, talks with Claire Dederer, the author of Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma. They discuss how to reckon with the facts and feelings of consuming art by someone who's done something bad, if it's possible to separate the art from the artist, and what responsibility — if any — comes with being a fan.Host: Constance Grady, (@constancegrady), culture and gender writerGuest: Claire Dederer, author of Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma References:
Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by...
2023-06-1553 min
The Windham-Campbell Prizes PodcastDominique Morisseau on Pearl Cleage's What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary DayDominique Morisseau joins Windham-Campbell Prizes director Michael Kelleher to talk about the still-resonant power of Pearl Cleage's What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day, representing Black men on the page and onstage, the AIDS epidemic and COVID, and why the writers of Family Guy seem to hate Meg.Reading List:
Idlewild, Michigan
for colored girls... by Ntozake Shange
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Family Guy (1999-present)
Flyin' West and Other Plays by Pearl Cleage
For a full episode transcript, click here.Dominique...
2023-06-1335 min
The Windham-Campbell Prizes PodcastDominique Morisseau on Pearl Cleage's What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary DayDominique Morisseau joins Windham-Campbell Prizes director Michael Kelleher to talk about the still-resonant power of Pearl Cleage's What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day, representing Black men on the page and onstage, the AIDS epidemic and COVID, and why the writers of Family Guy seem to hate Meg.Reading List:
Idlewild, Michigan
for colored girls... by Ntozake Shange
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Family Guy (1999-present)
Flyin' West and Other Plays by Pearl Cleage
For a full episode transcript, click here.Dominique...
2023-06-1335 min
Princeton PodcastSarah Rasmussen, McCarter Theatre Center Artistic DirectorIn Episode 36 of the Princeton Podcast, our host, Mayor Mark Freda, welcomed Sarah Rasmussen, the new Artistic Director of the McCarter Theatre Center.In addition to discussing her role as the Artistic Director of McCarter Theatre, Sarah described McCarter’s Theatre Series of original productions, including 'Blues For An Alabama Sky', McCarter’s current production written by Pearl Cleage and directed by McCarter's Associate Artistic Director, Nicole A. Watson.Sarah also detailed McCarter’s Presented Series, a innovative mix of performances and cultural attractions including the upcoming performance of Eddie...
2023-03-2925 min
CWP: QTsSlowly, Intentionally, Like a Sloth (Part 2) with Visual Artist Mike Hooves
Calgary Without Patriarchy: QTs Podcast
Episode 6: Slowly, Intentionally, Like a Sloth. Part II
Guest: Visual Artist, Mike Hooves (they/them) https://www.mikehooves.ca/
Hosts: jacqs walker (they/it), Akira Hesslein (she/her), Pete Klotz (he/him)
Recorded live in Treaty 7- Mohkinstsis/Calgary in December 2022
With grateful acknowledgement to Canada Council for the Arts
All music by jacqs walker and the CWP: artists' collective unless otherwise noted:
Pray the Gay Away (Terri Lyne Carrington)
Girls (Lady in Red)
Dream Catcher (All Time Low)
Angel with a Lariat (kd lang)
Coconuts (Kim Petras)
Constant Craving (kd lang...
2023-03-1926 minCWP: QTsSlowly, Intentionally, Like a Sloth-with Mike Hooves (Part I)Calgary Without Patriarchy: QTs Podcast Episode 5: Slowly, Intentionally, Like a Sloth. Part I Guest: Visual Artist, Mike Hooves (they/them)
Hosts: jacqs walker (they/it), Akira Hesslein (she/her), Pete Klotz (he/him)
Recorded live in Treaty 7- Mohkinstsis/Calgary on December 18, 2022
With grateful acknowledgement to Canada Council for the Arts
All music by jacqs walker and the CWP: artists' collective unless otherwise noted:
Pray the Gay Away (Terri Lyne Carrington) Girls (Lady in Red) Dream Catcher (All Time Low) Angel with a Lariat (kd lang) Coconuts (Kim Petras) Const...
2023-03-1237 min
Creativity ConversationsAlice Walker + Pearl CleageSeason 4, Spring Semester 2021Filmed October 2, 2012. Atlanta-based novelist and playwright Pearl Cleage joins writer Alice Walker for a conversation that focuses on their creative influences, the writers they read, and how they've been inspired by each other's work. The conversation, hosted by Rosemary Magee, is moderated by University of Georgia journalism professor and author Valerie Boyd. Watch the original conversation:This conversation is introduced by host/Emory Arts employee Maggie Beker and artist, Emory Student, and Conversations with Eggs: Virtual Arts Zine editor Lennox Elrod. Beker and Elrod introduce the podcast and discuss how Elrod approaches...
2023-02-271h 13Creativity ConversationsPearl Cleage + Rosemary MageeThis Creativity Conversation podcast audio is pulled and edited down from the live 2011 Rosemary Magee Creativity Conversation ("Notes on History, Music and Literature") features poet, novelist and playwright Pearl Cleage and Vice President and Secretary of the University Rosemary Magee '82PhD. As in the other Creativity Conversations held over the last four years with influential thinkers, the talk ranges widely across poetry, fiction, music and history, including insights on the creative process and the power of the imagination. This conversation was held as part of the Atlanta Music Festival (Sept. 21-24) and took place on Sept. 22nd in...
2023-02-2757 minBlack Market ReadsPearl Cleage: Blues for an Alabama Sky at the Guthrie TheaterIn this episode Lissa talks with playwright and author Pearl Cleage about Blues for an Alabama Sky, her current work and references to inspirations and influencers including Langston Hughes, Stacey Abrams, Ntozake Shange, Viola Davis, audience development and more. Blues for an Alabama Sky is playing on the Wurtele Thrust stage at the Guthrie through March 12, 2023 Tickets: https://www.guthrietheater.org/shows-and-tickets/performance-calendar/ Go Deeper www.BlackMarketReads.com
2023-02-2146 min
Beyond the Womanist ClassroomSeason 1, Episode 9: Voices of Women in the Struggle for Freedom: Let's VoteSend us a textIn this Episode 9, Dr. Mitzi J Smith and co-host Rebecca Christian lift up the voices of women in the struggle for freedom and empowerment. These are women from the past, from Ella Baker and Fannie Lou Hamer to Pearl Cleage and Michelle Obama and Stacey Abrams. We want to affirm our right to vote, celebrate our right to vote, and encourage us to use our power to vote!Support the showThank you for listening!Check Out My Website at www.mitzijsmith.netFollow us on Twitter @B...
2022-10-2833 min
Arts & IdeasClaude McKay and the Harlem RenaissanceFrom a farming family in Jamaica to travelling in Europe and Northern Africa, the writer Claude McKay became a key figure in the artistic movement of the 1920s dubbed The Harlem Renaissance. Publishing under a pseudonym, his poems including To the White Friends and If We Must Die explored racial prejudice. Johnny Pitts has written an essay about working class community, disability and queer culture explored in Claude McKay's Romance in Marseille, which was published for the first time in 2020. Pearl Cleage's play Blues for an Alabama Sky is set in 1930s New York. The African-American playwright is the...
2022-09-2944 min
Sensual Faith Podcast with Lyvonne BriggsSensual Faith Episode 19 - Some Things I Never Thought I'd DoJoin Lyvonne and hip hop womanist scholar and master manifester, EbonyJanice Moore, for a conversation on dreaming with ease, inspired by Pearl Cleage's seminal novel, Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do!For this episode’s supplemental materials, visit patreon.com/lyvonnebriggs (aka Sensual Faith Academy) and join the tier that’s right for you! The Sensual Faith tier supports the podcast and the Lavish Love tier supports the podcast *and* grants you access to bonus content (like book studies, audio essays, and tarot/oracle card readings)!Other ways to support Lyvonne and her work...
2022-08-1953 min
Daughters of LorraineBlack Women Got Something to Say: A Conversation with Pearl CleageIn this episode, Jordan and Leticia interview playwright Pearl Cleage. They discuss the way she has navigated her career as a Black feminist/womanist playwright often working in Black spaces; how she found her home in Atlanta, Georgia; and her most recent play, Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous.
2022-07-2755 min
Opening Life PodcastRooted - Finding HomeWelcome back to season 2, friends! Join Brittany and Kyle as they share life updates and changes over the last several months. Inspired by Pearl Cleage's book 'Seen it All Done the Rest', our hosts unpack the process, challenges and beauty of finding home and becoming rooted in the places they thought the least likely.
2022-07-0444 min
Reading With CelebritiesEpisode 45: What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary DayIt's our discussion on Pearl Cleage's What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day. Happy Reading!
2022-04-0538 min
Worth Reading WednesdaysEP 46: A Box and Nicole Means New Books (New Books Unboxing!)In this episode, Tori and Nicole do a live unboxing of some new library books that arrived on Tuesday, February 22. Nicole runs through the nonfiction titles that will be available on shelves soon, while Tori continues to highlight books by Black authors about Black characters. The resources discussed in this episode are listed below:
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson;
Life Force: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life & Those You Love by Tony H. Robbins, Peter Diamandis...
2022-02-2340 minWorth Reading WednesdaysEP 45: Doing Vampire Lestat ThingsIn this episode, Nicole returns with some new non-fiction and fiction reads after a cataloging frenzy! She highlights some nonfiction that is coming soon, along with some a revival of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a new graphic novel, and more. Tori continues to highlight books by Black authors during Black History Month. The resources discussed in this episode are listed below:
Things I Should Have Said: Family, Fame, and Figuring it Out by Jamie Lynn Spears;
The Enneagram from A Christian Perspective: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery and Spiritual Growth by Andy Connor;
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2022-02-1753 min
Running Is Cheaper Than TherapySuccess, Okay?! Despite Multiple No’s With Kelsey ScottMy guest Kelsey Scott is a fellow graduate of Florida A&M University, my line sister (we pledged Delta Fall 93), and my friend. I wanted to release this episode around the premiere of Insecure where she plays Felicia, another attorney who works with Molly at a law firm. Part of my podcast is to feature guests who have overcome obstacles to make it to their finish lines. Kelsey has done just that. She has an amazing story of triumph and literally reaching for the stars. In this episode she shares her love for screen, working in Ho...
2021-11-0342 min
From the Front Porch315 || The Power of PoetryListen in this week as Annie is joined by special guest and author Andre' Hadley Marria (The Songs I Could Not Sing) to discuss all things poetry.
The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:
The Songs I Could Not Sing by Andre’ Hadley Marria
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The Prophet by Kalil Gibran (including poem On Children)
The Hill We C...
2021-04-0829 min
Witness History: Black historyBlack JesusOn Easter Sunday 1967 the Reverend Albert Cleage renamed his church in Detroit the Shrine of the Black Madonna. He preached that if man was made in God's image there was little chance that Jesus was white as most of the world's population is non-white. Reverend Cleage also pointed to the many depictions of black madonnas all over the world throughout history. Claire Bowes has been speaking to his daughter Pearl Cleage, a writer and activist, about her father's belief in black representation and self-determination.Photo: Black Madonna and Child courtesy of BLAC Detroit.
Archive: Thanks to the...
2021-04-0210 minWorth Reading WednesdaysEP 17: We Did A Whole 12 Minutes On TreesTori isn't ready for the heat wave and Nicole is missing her Virginia springs! The ladies bring all books green to the table for this episode of Worth Reading Wednesday. The resources discussed in this episode are listed below:
The World Encyclopedia of Trees: A Reference and Identification Guide to 1300 of the World's Most Significant Trees by Tony Russell with Catherine Cutler and Martin Walters;
Ladybird Tales of Super Heroes by Sufiya Ahmed, Yvonne Battle-Felton, Sarwat Chadda, and Maisie Chan and illustrated by Louise Warwick, Victoria Sandøy, Aviel Basil, Fotini Tikkou, Poonam Mistry, and Ji...
2021-03-1757 min
The Farm Theater's Bullpen SessionsBullpen Sessions Episode 34: Andrea DymondAndrea Dymond is a Chicago-based freelance director, specializing in new work, Andrea was formerly Resident Director at Victory Gardens Theater. She directed 11 productions there, including 7 world premieres. Chicago credits include Tree, Year Zero, Blue Door, Free Man of Color, Shoes, and I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document…(Victory Gardens); Helen (Next); and Keep A Song In Your Soul, which she directed and developed with the Grammy Award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops (Old Town School of Folk Music). Other regional credits include: the new musical, St. Heaven (Village Theatre) and Having Our Say (Madison Repertory). Recent credits include: Shepsu Aahku’s Softly Blue (M...
2020-12-181h 03The Farm Theater's Bullpen SessionsBullpen Sessions Episode 34: Andrea DymondAndrea Dymond is a Chicago-based freelance director, specializing in new work, Andrea was formerly Resident Director at Victory Gardens Theater. She directed 11 productions there, including 7 world premieres. Chicago credits include Tree, Year Zero, Blue Door, Free Man of Color, Shoes, and I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document…(Victory Gardens); Helen (Next); and Keep A Song In Your Soul, which she directed and developed with the Grammy Award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops (Old Town School of Folk Music). Other regional credits include: the new musical, St. Heaven (Village Theatre) and Having Our Say (Madison Repertory). Recent credits include: Shepsu Aahku’s Softly Blue (M...
2020-12-171h 01
The Alliance Theatre PodcastJennings Hertz Artistic Director, Susan V. BoothEpisode Notes
SUSAN V. BOOTH (Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001 and has initiated the Palefsky Collision Project for teens, the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, the Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab, local producing partnerships and regional collaborative productions, as well as commercial partnerships on projects such as The Prom; Tuck Everlasting; Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; The Color Purple; Bring It On: The Musical; Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away; Sister Act: The Musical; Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk; and _Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL, and has directed world premieres by writer...
2020-12-0152 min
Lovecraft Country Radio9: Rewind 1921In this episode of Lovecraft Country Radio, hosts Ashley C. Ford and Shannon Houston discuss Episode 9: "Rewind 1921." The hosts follow the characters as they unpack generational trauma while traveling through space and time. They also sit down with Aunjanue Ellis, the actress who plays Hippolyta, to discuss her character's journey this season.This podcast is produced by HBO in conjunction with Pineapple Street Studios.Recommendations:The Burning: Massacre, Destruction and the Tulsa Race Riot by Tim Madigan“The E-Snuff of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile” by Courtney Baker“American Horror...
2020-10-1259 min
The DJ SessionsDJ Transcend on The DJ Sessions presents Silent Disco Saturday's 10/10/20DJ Transcend on The DJ Sessions presents Silent Disco Saturday's 10/10/20
Where and when does a person’s story begin? Is it with their birth or with any of the pivotal moments of adolescence? Or with their first steps into adulthood? Perhaps, as we look back it is not so much any specific detail that pinpoints the start of our story, but rather the technicolor dreamcoat, the patchwork of our experiences and those who helped shaped them, that provide the map to who we are and who we are destined to become. For Rico, known to so many no...
2020-10-111h 26
The Alliance Theatre PodcastArt & Activism with Pearl CleageJoin artist & activist Maya Lawrence leading a conversation with Mellon Playwright in Residence, Pearl Cleage, as they explore the role of art & activism in our world, how to have the courage to invite in truth, and then how to live it.
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2020-10-0225 minThe DJ SessionsDJ Transcend Pt. 3 on The DJ Sessions presents Silent Disco Sunday's 9/27/20DJ Transcend Pt. 3 on The DJ Sessions presents Silent Disco Sunday's 9/27/20
Where and when does a person’s story begin? Is it with their birth or with any of the pivotal moments of adolescence? Or with their first steps into adulthood? Perhaps, as we look back it is not so much any specific detail that pinpoints the start of our story, but rather the technicolor dreamcoat, the patchwork of our experiences and those who helped shaped them, that provide the map to who we are and who we are destined to become. For Rico, known to so ma...
2020-09-281h 32The DJ SessionsDJ Transcend Pt. 2 on The DJ Sessions presents Silent Disco Sunday's 9/27/20DJ Transcend Pt. 2 on The DJ Sessions presents Silent Disco Sunday's 9/27/20
Where and when does a person’s story begin? Is it with their birth or with any of the pivotal moments of adolescence? Or with their first steps into adulthood? Perhaps, as we look back it is not so much any specific detail that pinpoints the start of our story, but rather the technicolor dreamcoat, the patchwork of our experiences and those who helped shaped them, that provide the map to who we are and who we are destined to become. For Rico, known to so ma...
2020-09-281h 30The DJ SessionsDJ Transcend Pt. 1 on The DJ Sessions presents Silent Disco Sunday's 9/27/20DJ Transcend Pt. 1 on The DJ Sessions presents Silent Disco Sunday's 9/27/20
Where and when does a person’s story begin? Is it with their birth or with any of the pivotal moments of adolescence? Or with their first steps into adulthood? Perhaps, as we look back it is not so much any specific detail that pinpoints the start of our story, but rather the technicolor dreamcoat, the patchwork of our experiences and those who helped shaped them, that provide the map to who we are and who we are destined to become. For Rico, known to so ma...
2020-09-2750 minThe DJ SessionsDJ Transcend Pt. 3 on The DJ Sessions presents Silent Disco Sunday's 9/26/20DJ Transcend Pt. 3 on The DJ Sessions presents Silent Disco Sunday's 9/26/20
Where and when does a person’s story begin? Is it with their birth or with any of the pivotal moments of adolescence? Or with their first steps into adulthood? Perhaps, as we look back it is not so much any specific detail that pinpoints the start of our story, but rather the technicolor dreamcoat, the patchwork of our experiences and those who helped shaped them, that provide the map to who we are and who we are destined to become. For Rico, known to so ma...
2020-09-271h 26The DJ SessionsDJ Transcend Pt. 2 on The DJ Sessions presents Silent Disco Sunday's 9/26/20DJ Transcend Pt. 2 on The DJ Sessions presents Silent Disco Sunday's 9/26/20
Where and when does a person’s story begin? Is it with their birth or with any of the pivotal moments of adolescence? Or with their first steps into adulthood? Perhaps, as we look back it is not so much any specific detail that pinpoints the start of our story, but rather the technicolor dreamcoat, the patchwork of our experiences and those who helped shaped them, that provide the map to who we are and who we are destined to become. For Rico, known to so ma...
2020-09-271h 30The DJ SessionsDJ Transcend Pt. 1 on The DJ Sessions presents Silent Disco Sunday's 9/26/20DJ Transcend Pt. 1 on The DJ Sessions presents Silent Disco Sunday's 9/26/20
Where and when does a person’s story begin? Is it with their birth or with any of the pivotal moments of adolescence? Or with their first steps into adulthood? Perhaps, as we look back it is not so much any specific detail that pinpoints the start of our story, but rather the technicolor dreamcoat, the patchwork of our experiences and those who helped shaped them, that provide the map to who we are and who we are destined to become. For Rico, known to so ma...
2020-09-261h 00The DJ SessionsDJ Transcend Pt. 3 on The DJ Sessions presents Silent Disco Sunday's 9/20/20DJ Transcend Pt. 3 on The DJ Sessions presents Silent Disco Sunday's 9/20/20
Where and when does a person’s story begin? Is it with their birth or with any of the pivotal moments of adolescence? Or with their first steps into adulthood? Perhaps, as we look back it is not so much any specific detail that pinpoints the start of our story, but rather the technicolor dreamcoat, the patchwork of our experiences and those who helped shaped them, that provide the map to who we are and who we are destined to become. For Rico, known to...
2020-09-211h 03The DJ SessionsDJ Transcend Pt. 2 on The DJ Sessions presents Silent Disco Sunday's 9/20/20DJ Transcend Pt. 2 on The DJ Sessions presents Silent Disco Sunday's 9/20/20
Where and when does a person’s story begin? Is it with their birth or with any of the pivotal moments of adolescence? Or with their first steps into adulthood? Perhaps, as we look back it is not so much any specific detail that pinpoints the start of our story, but rather the technicolor dreamcoat, the patchwork of our experiences and those who helped shaped them, that provide the map to who we are and who we are destined to become. For Rico, known to...
2020-09-211h 24The DJ SessionsDJ Transcend Pt. 1 on The DJ Sessions presents Silent Disco Sunday's 9/20/20DJ Transcend Pt. 1 on The DJ Sessions presents Silent Disco Sunday's 9/20/20
Where and when does a person’s story begin? Is it with their birth or with any of the pivotal moments of adolescence? Or with their first steps into adulthood? Perhaps, as we look back it is not so much any specific detail that pinpoints the start of our story, but rather the technicolor dreamcoat, the patchwork of our experiences and those who helped shaped them, that provide the map to who we are and who we are destined to become. For Rico, known to...
2020-09-2053 min
Code M RadioFlyin' WestOn this episode of Code M Radio, Shaunda McDill and Monteze Freeland, discuss how they took advantage of technology during the pandemic to host a live zoom theater performance of "Flyin' West"- a play written by Pearl Cleage in 1994. Shaunda and Monteze discuss themes in the play and how they are still relevant in today's society along with the struggle African Americans in theater face without a pandemic present. Bio: Shaunda McDill has more than a decade of nonprofit executive and arts management experience, working for theater companies across the country, including The Good...
2020-09-0757 min
The Scholars & Storytellers PodcastRepresentation of Race and Gender in Theatre for Young AudiencesThis episode about the Representation of Race and Gender in Theatre for Young Audiences features a conversation between Michael J. Bobbitt, Pearl Cleage, Benj Pasek, and Dr. Yalda T. Uhls. Michael J Bobbit is the Artistic Director of the New Repertory Theatre. Pearl Cleage is a Distinguished Playwright in Residence at the Alliance Theatre. Benj Pasek is an Oscar, Grammy, Tony, and Golden Globe Award-Winning Songwriter. Yalda T. Uhls is the Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Scholars & Storytellers.
2020-08-1055 min
The Actors LoungeKelsey Scott- Talks Being A Working Actor And Maintaining Career LongevityTwo-time Emmy-nominated actress and screenwriter Kelsey Scott began her career in the theatre scene of her hometown of Atlanta.
Best known for her role as Anne Northup in the Oscar-winning 12 Years A Slave and her two-season arc as Wes Gibbins’ mother, Rose, on How to Get Away With Murder, her credits also include: Insecure, NCIS, Grey's Anatomy, True Detective, and Army Wives.
She is a 2019 Daytime Emmy nominee for her Guest Star role on Giants. And in 2017, she received a Primetime Emmy Nomination for her leading role on Fear the Walking Dead: Passage.
On stage, Ke...
2020-06-1244 min
The Satin Lounge InterviewsIf You Love Me Come with Claudia Moss#ClaudiaMoss www.thesatinlounge.com
Best of The Satin Lounge with Kia René welcomes Author CLAUDIA MOSS to Pillow Talk. Claudia Moss shares Her motivations for her book "If You Love Me Come" and the need for lesbian representation inside storytelling. Claudia Moss is a Self- Published Author, Poet, Screenwriter, Talk Host, and Speaker who also aspires to create documentary films. With several novels under her belt, some of which are increasing popular on Amazon, it is clear that she is a lover of words and we are privilege to have her share some of them with us. ...
2020-05-2726 min
SaweetplantainE19| Saweet Reads1. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2. What looks like crazy on an ordinary day by Pearl Cleage 3. Things fall apart by China Achebe
2019-07-1007 minSaweetplantainE12| Saweet ReadsFifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin
What Looks Like Crazy on an ordinary day by Pearl Cleage
2019-05-2703 min
Inside Acting!Sneak peak at the gun-slinging thriller “Londyn & James"Jeremy "Jay Psychs" Butler and B. Cherie Patterson join your host, William Powell, aka the King of DC Media, to talk about their glowing hot grindhouse drama “Londyn & James". The Official Trailer for “Londyn & James" dropped Monday, May 13th at noon. Dial 347.884.8997 to ask Jay or Charie a question!
Jeremy "Jay Psychs" Butler is not only known for his Acting. He's also a Director, Writer, Actor, Cinematographer, Photographer, CEO, and Brand Owner. He has held these titles professionally for 10 years. From making home movies as a child to red carpet premieres, film and production are his true passion.?
Jeremy has recently writ...
2019-05-1400 min
Emily T Gail Talk StoryEmily T Gail- Karen Chappelle-Detroit Heritage Theatre Festival May 17-19The 2nd Annual Detroit Heritage Theatre Festival-2019 Friday May 17-Sunday May 19 ..."It's ALL About Detroit"Founded by Karen Chappelle who grew up in Detroit and after years away from Detroit and a career in Law has come back to her roots in Detroit and her love of the Arts since she was a young girl because of the plays she got to be involved in with the Detroit Parks and Rec.Here is an overview....Detroit Heritage Theatre Festival-2019"It's ALL About Detroit"1 Welcome to Detroit’s Newest Th...
2019-04-2920 min
Emily T Gail Talk StoryEmily T Gail- Karen Chappelle-Detroit Heritage Theatre Festival May 17-19The 2nd Annual Detroit Heritage Theatre Festival-2019 Friday May 17-Sunday May 19 ..."It's ALL About Detroit"Founded by Karen Chappelle who grew up in Detroit and after years away from Detroit and a career in Law has come back to her roots in Detroit and her love of the Arts since she was a young girl because of the plays she got to be involved in with the Detroit Parks and Rec.Here is an overview....Detroit Heritage Theatre Festival-2019"It's ALL About Detroit"1 Welcome to Detroit’s Ne...
2019-04-2920 min
Political RewindPolitical Rewind: Faith Salie And Pearl Cleage On Today's Political ClimateOn this edition of Political Rewind, we talk with two women who write about issues of race, gender and social inequity.
2019-04-1255 minPolitical RewindPolitical Rewind: Faith Salie And Pearl Cleage On Today's Political ClimateOn this edition of Political Rewind, we talk with two women who write about issues of race, gender and social inequity.
2019-04-1255 min
black theatre history podcastDominique Morisseau: The Detroit ProjectsRead the article Dominique wrote about Ms. Hardamom in the New York Times here.Find Pearl Cleage’s Mad at Miles: a Black Woman’s Guide to the Truth here.& on social media, check out #jimcrowtheatre and #freeDomtruth
2018-12-2528 min
No Extra Words one person's search for storyAnne of Green Gables Part 2: Avonlea, Idlewild, and Being HomeToday's books are: Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery. L.C. Page & Company, 1909. What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage. Avon Books, Inc., 1997. Other things discussed today: #12daysofannestagram The history of Oprah's book club. Camp Nanowrimo
2018-06-2621 min
Profiles in RiskE87 - Lawanda Hall On Being A Corporate Risk Manager & How To Avoid Calling Olivia PopeThis episode is sponsored by IA Path - Unlocking Your Adjusting Superpowers. Go to https://iapath.comIf in any moment of crisis you need to call Olivia Pope, you are not practicing risk management but crisis management. In this episode of Profiles in Risk, I speak with Lawanda Hall, a Risk Manager for a global automobile firm. We discussed how her passion for math and numbers lead her to a degree in risk management and how she went on to become a corporate risk manager. She discusses what it takes to become a risk manager, including ho...
2018-06-0745 min
aijcastMove, Heal, Connect: A Conversation with Assata WilliamsAssata Williams is an Atlanta-based actor who stops by the aijcast studio to reflect on the process of bringing Pearl Cleage's intense one-woman play Chain to life.
2018-06-0141 min
BOOTH ONE - Celebrating Culture and ConversationHeart and Soul – Musician & Actor Robert Cornelius – Episode 67Our guest in the Booth this week is the multi-talented Robert Cornelius. Singer, Actor, Songwriter, Band Leader, Educator, Activist, and Writer - he excels at them all! And...we learn that he can design and construct costumes as well. A long-time friend of the show, we were finally able to work it out with his busy schedule to have him on.
Robert grew up on the South Side and studied theatre and psychology at Western Illinois University. When he came back to Chicago, he got cast in Rosencrantz & Gildernstern Are Dead at Stage Left. He quickly became a company...
2017-10-3055 min
Wellness Interactive - A Step FurtherWelcome to My Breakdown by Benilde LittleWelcome to My Breakdown by Benilde Little - will be our topic at The Wellness Lounge, A Step Further 9 a.m. E.S.T. Monday when host Desiree Watson welcomes guest Benilde Little to the show. Welcome to My Breakdown is a memoir about best-selling author, Benilde Little’s loss of her mother and loss of her self as a writer, which plummeted her in to a pit of clinical depression. Writing in the courageous tradition of great female storytellers such as Alice Walker, Maya Angelou, Joan Didion, Pearl Cleage and Sista Souljah, Benilde doesn’t hold back as she shar...
2015-05-0457 min
Lez Talk Books RadioLez Talk Books Radio Presents: La Toya Hankins & the Ladies of K-RHO[Fiction, Contemporary Women, Romance]
LaToya is the author of SBF Seeking… and K-RHO: The Sweet Taste of Sisterhood. She has been featured in the Ladies of Literature at the 2014 Atlanta Black Pride and The Ask Rayceen Show. She’s an active supporter of LGBTQ issues and health disparities that affect her community. Her literary influences include Zora Neale Hurston, Walter Mosley, Anne Rice, and Pearl Cleage. Her motto, borrowed from Hurston, is: “I do not weep at the world, I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.”
2014-09-2300 min
MoAD SFPearl Cleage in Conversation with Deborah SantanaBestselling novelist, award-winning playwright and Oprah Book Club pick’s inspiring memoir of juggling marriage, motherhood and politics as Pearl Cleage worked to become a successful writer and self-fulfilled woman. In this revelatory and deeply personal memoir, Cleage takes readers back to the 1970’s and 1980’s, retracing her struggles to hone her craft amidst personal and professional tumult.
Pearl Cleage is an Atlanta-based writer and author of eight novels, including What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day, which was an Oprah's Book Club pick and spent nine weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Her novel Baby Brothe...
2014-06-141h 20
Wanda's Picks Radio:World Courts for Women on Poverty 5/10Today we speak to Ethel Long Scott, Executive Director of WEAP and Tamara Perine, Shop Stewart at UFCW about the four day public hearing, the first ever World Courts of Women on Poverty in the US, May 10-13, 2012 at Laney College in Oakland, CA. Visit www.weap.org We then speak to cast in the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre's season's production of Pearl Cleage's Blues for an Alabama Sky, directed by Michele Shay. It is at LHT through Saturday, May 12. We'll speak to actors Tobie Windham, Leilani Drakeford and Joshua L. Green. Visit www.lhtsf.org Music: Somi's "When the Rains C...
2012-05-042h 32
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaJust Wanna Testify: A Novel by Pearl CleagePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96446 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just Wanna Testify: A Novel Author: Pearl Cleage Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 10, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Familiar faces and places meet fresh twists and turns in this enthralling novel from acclaimed author Pearl Cleage. Atlanta’s West End district has always been a haven and home to a coterie of unique characters—artists and thinkers, dreamers and doers. Folks here know one another’s names, keep their doors unlocked, and look out for their neighbo...
2011-05-1010 min
Get Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenJust Wanna Testify: A Novel by Pearl CleagePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96446 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just Wanna Testify: A Novel Author: Pearl Cleage Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 10, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Familiar faces and places meet fresh twists and turns in this enthralling novel from acclaimed author Pearl Cleage. Atlanta’s West End district has always been a haven and home to a coterie of unique characters—artists and thinkers, dreamers and doers. Folks here know one another’s names, keep their doors unlocked, and look out for their n...
2011-05-1010 min
Download Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaTill You Hear From Me: A Novel by Pearl CleagePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61636 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Till You Hear From Me: A Novel Author: Pearl Cleage Narrator: Mirron Willis, Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 20, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Just when it appears that all her hard work on Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is about to pay off with a White House job, thirty-five-year-old Ida B. Wells Dunbar finds herself on Washington, D.C.’s post-election sidelines even as her twentysomething counterparts overrun the West Wing. Adding to h...
2010-04-2010 min
Get Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenTill You Hear From Me: A Novel by Pearl CleagePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61636 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Till You Hear From Me: A Novel Author: Pearl Cleage Narrator: Mirron Willis, Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 20, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Just when it appears that all her hard work on Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is about to pay off with a White House job, thirty-five-year-old Ida B. Wells Dunbar finds herself on Washington, D.C.’s post-election sidelines even as her twentysomething counterparts overrun the West Wing. Addi...
2010-04-2010 minWanda's PicksHappy Birthday Bob Marley! A Belated Happy Birthday Langston Hughes. Happy Birthday also to my brother Fred Batin and friends: Portia Anderson, Raymond Nat Turner, Jamal Ali and all other Aquarians.
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Laura Elaine Ellis and Kendra Kimbrough: Black Choreographers Here and Now, opening tonight at Laney College in Oakland and continuing in San Francisco at Dance Mission next weekend.
8:30-9 AM:
Ayodele Nzinga and Geoffrey Grier re: The Tenderloin Theatre's Night at the Black Hawk: 2/5-7 & 2/12-14, at the NMTL/CBD Community Center, 134 Golden Gate St., in SF. They are joined by the cast of Ellis Berry’s Pr...
2009-02-062h 00