Toni Morrison's literary and academic career was honoured with a Pulitzer Prize, Nobel Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Her writing explored, celebrated, questioned and critiqued the space of black lives in America, up until her death on Monday at the age of 88.
Today on Front Burner, we speak with Halifax's former poet laureate El Jones and for ... Show More
Sep 2021
Toni Morrison: The legacy of a literary legend
The American writer Toni Morrison once said, “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” It was an urge which in her case yielded a rich array of novels, children’s books, plays and essays. Toni Morrison stands tall, as the f ... Show More
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Jul 2020
Radical Imagination: Tracy K. Smith, Marilyn Nelson, and Terrance Hayes on Poetry in Our Times
<p>In a special episode of the Poetry Podcast, Tracy K. Smith, Marilyn Nelson, and Terrance Hayes join<span> </span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/kevin-young">Kevin Young</a><span> </span>to read their work, and to discuss its relationship to protest and liberat ... Show More
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<p><span>Margaret Atwood joins </span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/kevin-young">Kevin Young</a><span><span> </span>to read “</span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/20/a-stranger">A Stranger</a><span>,” by Saeed Jones, and her own poem “</span ... Show More
<p><span>Amanda Gorman joins </span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/kevin-young">Kevin Young</a><span><span> </span>to read “</span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/06/declaration">Declaration</a><span>,” by Tracy K. Smith, and her own poem “</s ... Show More
<p>Eliza Griswold joins Kevin Young to discuss her poetry sequence "<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/23/first-person" target="_blank">First Person</a>," featured on<span> </span><a href="http://newyorker.com/" target="_blank">newyorker.com</a>. Griswold is a po ... Show More
