Tonight's edition of Talking Earth has a theme, based on host Patrick
Bocarde's unfinished poem "The Places That Died, Died." When he first wrote
the piece and performed it, little did he know that his own workplace, the
Everyday Music on Sandy Blvd, would join Cameron's B...
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Tonight's edition of Talking Earth features local poet and host Walt Curtis
musing on the Portland Rose Festival, Starlight Parade and Gay Pride, and the
history of each. Board-op Patrick Bocarde occasionally chimes in as well.
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A spring drive edition of The Talking Earth with poet Emmett, Wheatfall, Mark
Sargent and Mike G. Host dan raphael may throw in another poem or three.
Emmett Wheatfall lives in Portland where he reads, writes, records,
publishes, and performs poetry. Fernwood Press, an impr...
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Tonight's edition of Talking Earth originally aired on February 15, 2021.
Barbara LaMorticella talks about the legendary black San Francisco beatnik
poet Bob Kaufman, joined by Zoom with editor, publisher and Kaufman friend
Ray Foye, in poetry, reading and discussion.
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Tonight's edition of Talking Earth features local poet and host Walt Curtis,
who talks about George Orwell's 1984 and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, and
their relevance in today's United States. Allen Ginsberg, Joan Baez and
John Lennon voice their wishes and complaints ...
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Welcome spring with far-ranging local poets Amy Baskin, Lex Runciman and
Kristin Berger. Host dan raphael will also read a couple poems by Amiya
Bashir, Donald Dunbar and himself.
Amy Baskin’s work is currently featured in Kai Coggin’s Wednesday Night
Poetry, Pirene’s Fo...
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This edition of Talking Earth aired on March 14, 2022. Walt Curtis
rhapsodizes on the meaning of International Women's Day, and reads several of
his poems. Director of Salmon Poet Sabrina Guitart shares some music and
poetry from Europe through the miracle of modern techn...
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This episode of The Talking Earth features local poets Justin Rigamonti,
Katherine Factor and Doug Marx. Dan Raphael hosts, and reads several poems
as well.
Justin Rigamonti teaches writing at PNCA and Portland Community College,
where he serves as the Program Coordinator ...
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Tonight's edition of Talking Earth features Walt Curtis discussing poet
Kenneth Patchen, while playing selections from the Folkways album Kenneth
Patchen Reads with Jazz in Canada. Board-op Patrick Bocarde reads a poem
from Pulitzer Prize winner Frank Bidart and one of his...
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Tonight's edition of Talking Earth will be a slamcentric one, with local
poets, Jane Belinda, Julia Gaskill and Stephen Meads involved in the
Portland Poetry Slam scene.
Jane Belinda is the current Slammaster for the Portland Poetry Slam. They
have competed nationally i...
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