Podcasts

• EXTRA: Toni Morrison's Legacy, Subversive Endings, and Musical References Galore

  9/7/2019

  Connor and Jack had so much to say about Toni Morrison's "Someone Leans Near" that it didn't all fit in one show! In this week's extra episode, they…

• Episode 076 Tenebris - Angelina Weld Grimké

  8/23/2019

  Connor and Jack explore the poem "Tenebris" by the great Harlem Renaissance writer Angelina Weld Grimké. They discuss the poem's powerful meanings on…

• Episode 075 Someone Leans Near - Toni Morrison

  8/9/2019

  This last week, the world mourned the passing of literary titan Toni Morrison. Morrison famously said, "I don't like to have someone call my books…

• Episode 074 REBROADCAST: An American Sunrise - Joy Harjo

  7/26/2019

  REBROADCAST in honor of Joy Harjo's appointment as US Poet Laureate! Connor and Jack discuss Joy Harjo's "An American Sunrise. Along the way Jack…

• Episode 073 Concerto No. 7: Condoleezza (working out) at the Watergate - Nikky Finney

  7/12/2019

  Connor and Jack dig into The Condoleezza Suite (Excerpt) Concerto No. 7 Condoleezza {working out} at the Watergate by the incredible Nikky Finney…