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Episode 34: Dr. Joshua Bennett
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Rachel Zucker speaks with poet, performer, educator and scholar Dr. Joshua Bennett about writing a poem for a friend’s wedding, the relationship between performance and page, growing up in South Yonkers and attending a largely white private school, the birth of Black Studies, creating alternative gathering and learning spaces, infiltrating established institutions, the June Jordan fellowship at Columbia’s Center for Justice, the writers and thinkers who inspire Bennett, and how to write about family and living people with respect and honesty.
EXTRA RESOURCES FOR EPISODE 34
Books by Joshua Bennett
The Sobbing School (Penguin, 2016)
Videos of Joshua
Spoken Wordsmith: Joshua Bennett, via Reebok
16 Bars for Kendrick Lamar, via The Strivers Row
Performing at the White House Poetry Jam
Other Books/Writers Mentioned in the Episode
Achille Mbembe’s Critique of Black Reason (Duke University Press, 2017)
Jesmyn Ward’s “Salvage the Bones” (Bloomsbury, 2012)
Patricia Smith’s Incendiary Art (Triquarterly, 2017)
June Jordan’s Civil Wars (Touchstone, 1995)
Cornel West’s Race Matters (Vintage, 1994)
Other Relevant Links
Joshua interviewed in Dissent Magazine
June Jordan Fellowship at the Center for Justice at Columbia University
103 episodes
Archived series ("Inactive feed" status)
When? This feed was archived on February 29, 2024 07:08 (). Last successful fetch was on January 26, 2024 09:54 ()
Why? Inactive feed status. Our servers were unable to retrieve a valid podcast feed for a sustained period.
What now? You might be able to find a more up-to-date version using the search function. This series will no longer be checked for updates. If you believe this to be in error, please check if the publisher's feed link below is valid and contact support to request the feed be restored or if you have any other concerns about this.
Manage episode 184044015 series 1443177
Rachel Zucker speaks with poet, performer, educator and scholar Dr. Joshua Bennett about writing a poem for a friend’s wedding, the relationship between performance and page, growing up in South Yonkers and attending a largely white private school, the birth of Black Studies, creating alternative gathering and learning spaces, infiltrating established institutions, the June Jordan fellowship at Columbia’s Center for Justice, the writers and thinkers who inspire Bennett, and how to write about family and living people with respect and honesty.
EXTRA RESOURCES FOR EPISODE 34
Books by Joshua Bennett
The Sobbing School (Penguin, 2016)
Videos of Joshua
Spoken Wordsmith: Joshua Bennett, via Reebok
16 Bars for Kendrick Lamar, via The Strivers Row
Performing at the White House Poetry Jam
Other Books/Writers Mentioned in the Episode
Achille Mbembe’s Critique of Black Reason (Duke University Press, 2017)
Jesmyn Ward’s “Salvage the Bones” (Bloomsbury, 2012)
Patricia Smith’s Incendiary Art (Triquarterly, 2017)
June Jordan’s Civil Wars (Touchstone, 1995)
Cornel West’s Race Matters (Vintage, 1994)
Other Relevant Links
Joshua interviewed in Dissent Magazine
June Jordan Fellowship at the Center for Justice at Columbia University
103 episodes
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