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New Letters On the Air Etheridge Knight: Past American Voice
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English - June 12, 2020 05:00 - 3.52 KB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsBooks Arts newletters newsletters the air writers interview public radio poetry fiction Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The late Etheridge Knight began writing poetry in the 1960s, when he was imprisoned for armed robbery, where he discovered that "art is ultimately about freedom." This program features excerpts from a 1986 poetry reading and a 1989 interview by Rebekah Presson, when they discuss the role of black men in society and his use of prison as a metaphor. The author of four books, his work continues to inspire younger ...