Cover to Cover Open Book – February 2, 2007
Host Nina Serrano talks with award-winning poet Paradise.
Cover to Cover Open Book
3:30 PM Pacific Time: Wednesdays
Weekly interviews with poets, performance artists, film-makers, novelists and storytellers. The first week of every month is a combined one-hour program featuring Jack Foley & Nina Serrano. The archive can be found at Cover to Cover with Jack Foley. The second week is hosted by Nina Serrano, Poet 2 Poet. The third week is hosted by Jovelyn Richards, Jovelyn’s Bistro. The fourth week is hosted by Reyna Cowan, Frame to Frame. And the fifth week (if there is one) is hosted again by Jovelyn Richards, Jovelyn’s Bistro.
Cover to Cover Open Book – January 12, 2007
We honor the renowned author, Tillie Olsen who recently passed away on January 1st , 2007 in Oakland, California. She would have celebrated her 95th birthday on January 14. We have been able to find a treasure in our archives where she is reading from her book, Yonnondio, the novel that Tillie Olsen wrote the … Continued
Cover to Cover Open Book – January 5, 2007
Nina Serrano hosts guest Lenore Weiss to air the new poetry CD "The CellPhone Poems." This extraordinary collaboration of poetry, music, and soundscape poetically explores an ordinary yet provocatively new instrument in world society. Weiss and Paul Kirk, a musician and soundscape artist, create an evocative and compelling piece with eleven readers of Weiss’ poems.
Cover to Cover Open Book – January 1, 2007
Good stories bring people together, and host Madafo Lloyd Wilson has great stories to share! Today, we bring you part two of "A Season’s Griot 2006" focuses on the many wonderful ways a story can be told. Host, Wilson highlights the work of the Kings and Queens of Storytelling, a collective whose members artfully demonstrate … Continued
Cover to Cover Open Book – December 22, 2006
Poet, icon, and revolutionary activist Amiri Baraka reads from his latest book of short stories, "Tales of the Out & the Gone." Also, Baraka discusses the signifigance of Christmas, and the impact of the U.S. Recent mid-term elections. Host: Safi Wa Nairobi
Cover to Cover Open Book – December 15, 2006
Nina Serrano interviews writer and activist Elaine Elinson. Elinson reads from her essay "A Lesson in American History: riding the 14 Mission Bus" which was published in the Sunday Chronicle on July 9, 2006. Elinson also tells about her adventures organizing the grape boycott for United Farmworker’s Union Organizing. This excerpted chapter is part of … Continued
Cover to Cover Open Book – December 8, 2006
Encore presentation: Amelia Gonzalez talks with Ayana Jackson and Marco Villalobos about their new film, "Rompiendo el Silencio," which depicts the African legacy of Mexico.