New Letters on the Air

Now Streaming: In this 2019 program, Randall Freisinger shares poetry from his book, Windthrow and Salvage and discusses his earlier collection, Nostalgia's Thread: Ten Poems on Norman Rockwell Paintings. Listen to the full show on our website at: https://bit.ly/2G7YXNw

Now Streaming: In this 2009 Classic New Letters on the Air show, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow & author of the new essay collection World of Wonders, reads from her first two poetry books, Miracle Fruit & At the Drive-in Volcano. Listen to the full show on our website at: https://bit.ly/3dYKq3q

In this 2019 interview, Kansas City poet and muralist José Faus talks about his coming-of-age struggles and shares poetry from his book, The Life and Times of José Calderon. Listen to the full show on our website at: https://bit.ly/3dxu8y1

Now Streaming: Hispanic Heritage Month continues with poet Xanath Caraza. In this 2019 interview at the Johnson County KS Arts and Heritage Center, she talks about translating her work from Spanish and reads from her award-winning collection Balamku. Listen to the full show on our website at: https://bit.ly/2GKS9FA

Now Streaming: We continue National Hispanic Heritage Month with Juan Felipe Herrera, the first Chicano U.S. Poet Laureate (2015-2017). In this presentation @KCLibrary , Herrera reads from his books Half the World in Light and Notes on the Assemblage. Listen on our website at: https://bit.ly/3iqCYyk

Now Streaming: We're celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with this public reading by Ada Limón who talks about her creative process and shares work from her National Book Critics Circle Award-winning collection, The Carrying. Listen to the full show on our website at: https://bit.ly/2G2hLgF

Now Streaming: We continue our Classics Series with this 2011 program featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Peter Balakian talking about his collection Ziggurat. Listen to the full show on our website at: https://bit.ly/3iBoBbp

Now Streaming: Our Classics Series continues with a look back at this 2010 interview with Gulf Coast poet Martha Serpas. Listen to the full show on our website at: https://bit.ly/2R8CrGk

On tomorrow's show, our Classics Series continues with Gulf Coast poet, Martha Serpas, whose 2020 book is called Double Effect. In this program, she reads from The Dirty Side of the Storm and discusses the eroding landscape of the bayou. Listen Sundays at 6:30 a.m. on KCUR 89.3 FM.

Now Streaming: Our Classics Series continues with this 2012 interview with poet Valzhyna Mort. She reads from her collection Collected Body and talks about her themes of migration, movement and the exiled body. Listen to the full show on our website at: https://bit.ly/31LIGG2

On tomorrow's Classic New Letters on the Air, we'll revisit this 2015 program with Valzhyna Mort. She shares poetry from her 2011 book, Collected Body, and gives insight into her native country, Belarus. Listen locally on KCUR 89.3, Sundays at 6:30 a.m.

Now Streaming: Our "Classics Series" continues with this 2011 interview featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson. She reads from her debut novel, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration. Listen to the full show on our website at: https://bit.ly/2Yx1zuz

On tomorrow's show, our Classics Series continues with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson, whose book Caste: The Origins of our Discontents was just released. In this 2011 interview, she talks about her first book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration. Listen locally on KCUR 89.3, Sundays at 6:30 a.m.

Now on the Podcast: We continue our "Classics Series" by going Back to the Writing Well. This time we'll hear from writers George Saunders, Elizabeth Gaffney, and the late Pat Conroy. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or on our website at: https://bit.ly/2Q6J4si