"Breaking the Glass:" Poetry & Conversation with Spark Faculty, Alum, & Indigo Hosts
Update: 2024-01-17
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On the heels of MLK Day we air our annual poetry and conversation show with Spark faculty, alum, and Indigo hosts. We read poems that speak to the moment as we look forward to 2024.
With poems by:
Derek Johnson -- D.C. teacher & Spark alum
Reads: "Climate Justice and Food Sovereignty Now!" by Elizabeth Mpofu
Katie Behan -- RI teacher & Spark alum
Reads: "All of us or None" by Bertolt Brecht
Josh Wyman - Spark faculty, W. Mass
Reads: "The Prison Cell" by Mahmoud Darwish
Patrice Strifert - Spark faculty & Keene state professor, NH
Reads: "Refugee God" by Mahmoud Darwish and an original poem
Kyra Swain - Spark alum and Vermont education, VT
Shares an original poem
Dr. Janaki Natarajan - Spark founder
Shares an original poem
SONGS:
1) Nina Simone, Why? (The King of Love is Dead)
2) Public Enemy, By the Time I get to Arizona
With poems by:
Derek Johnson -- D.C. teacher & Spark alum
Reads: "Climate Justice and Food Sovereignty Now!" by Elizabeth Mpofu
Katie Behan -- RI teacher & Spark alum
Reads: "All of us or None" by Bertolt Brecht
Josh Wyman - Spark faculty, W. Mass
Reads: "The Prison Cell" by Mahmoud Darwish
Patrice Strifert - Spark faculty & Keene state professor, NH
Reads: "Refugee God" by Mahmoud Darwish and an original poem
Kyra Swain - Spark alum and Vermont education, VT
Shares an original poem
Dr. Janaki Natarajan - Spark founder
Shares an original poem
SONGS:
1) Nina Simone, Why? (The King of Love is Dead)
2) Public Enemy, By the Time I get to Arizona
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