Podcasts by Get Lit Minute
A weekly podcast focusing on all things poetic, poetry and poets. Each week we will feature a poet and their poem. We will be highlighting classic poets from our In-School Anthology, sharing brief bios on the poet and a spoken word reading of one of their poems. We will also be introducing contemporary poets from the greater poetry community and our own Get Lit poets into the podcast space.
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Mahogany L. Browne | "Working Title" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, we discuss the life and work of Mahogany L. Browne, a writer, organizer & educator. She is the Executive Director of Bowery Poetry Club & Artistic Director of Urban Word NYC & Poet...
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Etheridge Knight | "Poems From Prison" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this week's episode, we discuss Etheridge Knight and his life and works. Knight was an African-American poet who made his name in 1968 with his debut volume, Poems from Prison. With roots in the...
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Hanif Abdurraqib | "They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this week's episode of the Get Lit Minute, we discuss the work of Hanif Abdurraqib as well as the relationship between pain and artistry. We also read an excerpt from "They Can’t Kill Us Until T...
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Tiana Clark | "My Therapist Wants To Know About My Relationship To Work" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we learn about Tiana Clark, a 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow and a recipient of a 2019 Pushcart Prize. She writes “Think about curating a museum exhibit. You get ...
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Jericho Brown | "Bullet Points" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we learn about Jericho Brown, the 2020 Pulitzer -prize Winner for poetry and author of the viral poem “Bullet Points.” “I don’t think a poem should be a record for our lives,” he writes, ...
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Lucille Clifton | Continuing To Hope from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we focus on Lucille Clifton, the author of more than sixteen books of poetry. The mother of six children, Lucille writes, “I continue to write because writing is a way of continuing to ho...
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James Baldwin | "The Fire Next Time" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the words of Amiri Baraka, James Baldwin was “God’s Black revolutionary mouth.” Host Nia Lewis guides us through the life of one of America’s foremost literary geniuses. From his childhood in Ha...
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William Carlos Williams | "The Red Wheelbarrow" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode of Get Lit Minute, we discuss the life and work of William Carlos Williams. A full-time doctor and literary figure, Williams helped change the language of American poetry by mimicki...
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Rumi | "The Breezes at Dawn" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, we focus on Persian mystic, poet, and lecturer, Rumi. We follow his path across the Middle East with his theologian father and the artistic influences and mentors that guided his w...
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Sylvia Plath | "Heavy Women" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we focus on American confessional poet and novelist, Sylvia Plath. We trace the multitude of experiences, both painful and revelatory, that led to Plath's most famous work, The Bell Jar....
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Jack Kerouac | “Live, Travel, Adventure” from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we focus on Beat poet and visionary, Jack Kerouac. We explore Kerouac's development from Columbia University student to Allen Ginsberg's best friend, a relationship that would birth a ne...
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Maya Angelou | "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we focus on the iconic American poet, Maya Angelou. We explore Angelou's journey from Harlem to Ghana and the encouragement from James Baldwin that inspired her to write I Know Why The C...
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Walt Whitman | "O Captain! My Captain!" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we focus on the nineteenth-century American poet, Walt Whitman. We briefly touch on his time volunteering as a nurse during the civil war, and also share an anecdote on one of his most r...
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John Keats | "When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Welcome to the Get Lit Minute. Each week, we discuss literary topics & spotlight both classical and modern poets. Our first episode features a reading of one of our favorite poems by John Keats, as...
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John Keats |"When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be" from 2020-02-21T20:00
Welcome to the Get Lit Minute. Each week, we discuss literary topics & spotlight both classical and modern poets. Our first episode features a reading of one of our favorite poems by John Ke...
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John Keats |"When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be" from 2020-02-21T20:00
Welcome to the Get Lit Minute. Each week, we discuss literary topics & spotlight both classical and modern poets. Our first episode features a reading of one of our favorite poems by John Ke...
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