Talking Earth

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Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2024 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

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Barbara LaMorticella, Walt Curtis, Dan Raphael

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Every 2nd and 3rd Monday of the month from 10:00pm to 11:00pm.

Poetry, spoken arts, prose

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Emmett Wheatfall

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2018 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

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This edition of KBOO's spoken word show Talking Earth celebrates Martin Luther King's birthday with local poet Emmett Wheatfall. Emmett Wheatfall has published five books of poetry. They are He Sees Things (2010), We Think We Know (2011), The Meaning of Me (2012), Bread Wi... Read more

Talking Earth with Ross Robbins and Nathan Wade Carter

Airs at: Mon, 01/08/2018 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

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Tonight KBOO's spoken word radio show presents Portland queer poets Ross Robbins and Nathan Wade Carter who will share poems from their most recent books. Patrick Bocarde will host. Talking Earth can be heard at 90.7 FM in the Portland area from 10 to 11 pm on the second an... Read more

Talking Earth with Megan Levad

Airs at: Mon, 12/18/2017 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

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On December 18th, KBOO's spoken word show Talking Earth will feature poet Megan Levad, author of Why We Live in the Dark Ages, the first selection in Tavern Books' Wrolstad Contemporary Poetry Series, and What Have I to Say to You, forthcoming from Tavern in Fall 2017. Her ... Read more

Talking Earth on 12/11/17

Airs at: Mon, 12/11/2017 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

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Talking Earth on 11/20/17

Airs at: Mon, 11/20/2017 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

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Talking Earth with Mischa Willett

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2017 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

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Tonight Talking Earth hears from Seattle poet Mischa Willett. Mischa Willett is the author of Phases, recently published by Cascade Books, as well as of essays, translations, reviews, and scholarly articles. A specialist in Nineteenth-Century British Poetry, he is also of t... Read more

Talking Earth with Kelly Terwilliger and Jon Boisvert

Airs at: Mon, 10/16/2017 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

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Airlie Press poets Jon Boisvert and Kelly Terwilliger will read from their new books tonight on Talking Earth, KBOO's spoken word and poetry show. Patrick Bocarde hosts. Jon Boisvert was born in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, and now lives in Oregon. He studied poetry at Oregon State... Read more

Talking Earth on 10/09/17

Airs at: Mon, 10/09/2017 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

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Talking Earth with Moss Angel

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2017 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

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Moss Angel will talk about their Sea Witch series, volume 2 of which just came out. Camille Perry hosts. Sea-Witch Volume 1 is a genre-phobic novel-in-fragments of contemporary transsexuality that focuses on the life of a girl monster named Sara who lives inside a witch-g... Read more