December 26th | 'Somebody who looked like this was here': five immigrant artists who helped shape 2019 It’s the end of the year, and Record producers have been revisiting some of our favorite conversations. Mine were about: immigrants. Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Bill Radke
December 2nd | How to master the awkward hug Just in time for the holidays: how to have an awkward hug. A surcharge to help Washington state fight fires. The history of black software. And how Billie Holiday inspired a poet. Bill Radke
Arts & Life Hoops, High Jumps, Movement Of Muscles: A Crowdsourced Poem Inspired By Sports Poet Kwame Alexander creates a poem from submissions about tennis, baseball, ballet, track, football, basketball and hockey, as well as themes of winning and losing and technique and talent. Casey Noenickx
Arts & Life Here Are The Nominees For The 2019 National Book Awards Colson Whitehead and Marlon James headline the longlists of names in contention for the literary prize. Altogether, 50 books across five categories stand a chance at winning the award in November. Colin Dwyer
Arts & Life "Have you eaten yet?" Poet Jane Wong prepares her ancestors a feast If your ancestors were here - what would they eat? Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
Poet Ocean Vuong's new novel is more than Briefly Gorgeous "To be queer is to fail into your pleasure." The book, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, is a letter from a son to his mother, who can't read. The poet says it's a monument to failure, to violence, to labor, to silence, to America. Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Bill Radke
Arts & Life Joy Harjo Becomes The First Native American U.S. Poet Laureate A member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, the 68-year-old poet and musician says she bears "the honor on behalf of the people and my ancestors" and aims to serve as an "ambassador" of the art form. Lynn Neary Patrick Jarenwattananon
Tracing a state map in lines of poetry. Washington State Poet Laureate Claudia Castro Luna speaks with Bill Radke about her latest project, Washington Poetic Routes. Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Bill Radke
Arts & Life The luxury of saying 'No.' "No." The word is an exclamation. It’s a noun. It’s a complete sentence. It's also a luxury, according to poet Anastacia-Reneé Tolbert. Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Bill Radke
Arts & Life 'Magical Negro' Carries The Weight Of History Morgan Parker's new poetry collection explores the ways African-American lives are affected by historical events, even though they may have happened decades or centuries ago. Mary Louise Kelly
