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WordTemple comes to KRCB

WordTemple on KRCB features Northern California poet Katherine Hastings in discussion with poets and writers. The program showcases authors by presenting interviews and readings of their work, and exposes the KRCB community of listeners to a wide variety of voices and styles. Reconstructions highlighting the work of poets and writers posthumously will also be featured. From the Beats of San Francisco to Russia's Ratushinskaya, WordTemple will feature some of the most interesting work and stories in the world of literature.

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WordTemple on KRCB features Northern California poet Katherine Hastings in discussion with poets and writers. The program showcases authors by presenting interviews and readings of their work, and exposes the KRCB community of listeners to a wide variety of voices and styles. Reconstructions highlighting the work of poets and writers posthumously will also be featured. From the Beats of San Francisco to Russia's Ratushinskaya, WordTemple will feature some of the most interesting work and stories in the world of literature. wordtemple.com

Word Temple Remembers Leslie Scalapino - July 21, 2010
Word Temple host Katherine Hastings pays tribute to East Bay poet and writer Leslie Scalapino, who died on May 28th of this year. Scalapino was recognized internationally as one of the most innovative writers in America. Her award-winning work challenged every boundary known to poetry, prose and more. Also, Iowa poet Keith Ratzlaff, author of Then, a Thousand Crows; Dubious Angels: Poems After Paul Klee and more is interviewed.
Philip Schultz and Elizabeth McFarland - June 16, 2010
Word Temple host Katherine Hastings talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Philip Schultz. Schultz has been celebrated for his singular vision of the American immigrant experience and Jewish identity, his fierce and tender portrayal of family life and his rich evocation of city streets. The program also introduces the life and work of Elizabeth McFarland, late wife of U.S. Poet Laureate Daniel Hoffman.
Langston Hughes - May 19, 2010
On December 10, 1958, Langston Hughes - one of America's most important poets, writers and playwrights - gave a stunning talk at U.C. Berkeley. This month, Katherine Hastings introduces and plays that entire reading.
Poetry Party! - April 21, 2010
For April, Word Temple host Katherine Hastings presents an hour of poetry and music in celebration of National Poetry Month. You'll hear high school student Giovanny Espinosa, winner of the Sonoma County portion of the national recitation contest Poetry Out Loud, and Brooke McLaughlin, the runner-up. Joyce Jenkins of Poetry Flash pays a visit, as does Pierre Reverdy, through poems translated and read by Dan Bellm. Recordings of Theodore Roethke and other poets will be played, and Hastings will pay a short tribute to Lucille Clifton.
Lord Gawain Douglas, Cecilia Woloch, A Tribute to Jack Myers - March 17, 2010
Visiting from Deal in Kent, Lord Gawain Douglas, great-nephew of Lord Alfred Douglas - a poet and Oscar Wilde's lover - talks with host Katherine Hastings and reads his work. Cecilia Woloch, author of five award-winning collections of poems reads from her latest volume, Carpathia. Jack Myers was the author of 18 books of and about poetry including his most recent, The Glowing River, New & Selected Poems.