World Book Cafe: Detroit
Nichole Christian visits a city with a rich history and a powerful reputation, to explore the role of words and writing, meeting the storytellers and poets who are capturing the…
The Poetics of Mass Murder
Poems responding to past gun violence, mass murders, and school shootings.
The Poet and the Riot
Shortly after Martin Luther King's assassination in 1968, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote a poem about the power of riots.
What Jimmy Taught Me – PoetryNow
Harmony Holiday meditates on her biracial heritage and the legacy of her parents.
The Demon – PoetryNow
Jennifer Firestone recounts the state of dementia in a loved one.
North Korea, Part One: The Peaceful Peninsula
This year, we’re doing a long-form series on North Korea. We’ll get into the history, culture, and ideology of the isolated, totalitarian country. In order to get proper context, we’re…
Picking up Your Spilled Pills off the Floor Is Briefly Humbling – PoetryNow
Ben Fama meditates on the loss of a job and the world view of corporate America.
The One about the Dead Dog
This is a story inspired by urban legends -- unusual stories or anecdotes based on hearsay that are widely circulated as true. Like alligators in sewers. Or dead dogs in…
History Extra Podcast Black Tudors
Historian Miranda Kaufmann, author of Black Tudors: The Unknown Story, explores the lives of several Africans who resided in 16th-century England
Imaginary Worlds: Robot Collar Jobs
Are we prepared for a future where robots are the most sought after employees? In her debut novel Autonomous, Annalee Newitz imagines a future where humans take designer drugs to try and…