In this interview with Paul Johnson, President of the Mexican War Streets Society, he talks about his reasons for moving to Pittsburgh, his various efforts to help build up the Northside, and why the weekend of Jazz Poetry is important for the community.
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An interview with Barbara Talerico, President of the Central Northside Neighborhood Council, a community-based organization working to develop Pittsburgh’s Central Northside neighborhood. Talerico is one of the emcees at this year’s Jazz Poetry Concert.
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Prior to the Jazz Poetry Concert on September 8th, City of Asylum/Pittsburgh is presenting Writers in the Garden, a celebration of local poets and the Northside community. This year’s poets include Christopher Medal-winners, Pushcart Prize-nominees and NEA Fellows.
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In this video Thomas Sayers Ellis reads several poems, including “My Meter is Percussive” and “Or”. Recorded in June at the annual Cave Canem reading, co-hosted by City of Asylum/Pittsburgh.
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The poet, teacher and Cave Canem fellow Patricia Smith shares “What Garfield Park Kept Saying” and “An Open Letter to Joseph Peter Naras, Take 2”, two poems from her collection Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah. Smith is a guest poet at City of Asylum’s 2012 Jazz Poetry concert.
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On June 21, Cave Canem, in partnership with City of Asylum/Pittsburgh, presented its annual Pittsburgh reading where National Book Award winning poet Terrance Hayes read, along with poets Angela Jackson, Nikki Giovanni, Nikky Finney, and Thomas Sayers Ellis.
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In this interview National Book Award winner Nikky Finney discusses her journey into poetry, her editing process, why she is frustrated with history’s lion hunters, and the story behind her gripping poem “The Afterbirth, 1931.”
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