Jive Poetic
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“The things I say in my poems are things that I absolutely have to say.” Jive Poetic reads an original poem and shares his writing process for PBS NewsHour’s “Brief but Spectacular” series.
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Theater video tags: Brief But Spectacular
Complex Stories for Unheard Voices
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"I want women and girls of African descent and of color to be able to not have to keep searching for stories about themselves." For PBS NewsHour's "Brief but Spectacular" series, playwright and actress Danai Gurira encourages writers to tell their stories, their heritage, directly from the source.
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Mahogany L. Browne
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Mahogany L. Browne reads her poem “Black Girl Magic” for PBS NewHour’s “Brief but Spectacular” series. Browne is a poet and author coordinating the Women of the World Poetry Slam at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
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Brief but Spectacular
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"I tell people that spoken word poetry is a type of poetry that doesn't just want to live on paper, that something about it demands to be heard out loud and witnessed in person." For the first installment of PBS NewsHour's "Brief but Spectacular" series, Sarah Kay talks about the importance of making poetry accessible and reads her poem "The Paradox."
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