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Updated: Feb 25, 2021
'Wisdom'
From poetic turns of phrase to plain-spoken truths, there are little gems of wisdom in each one of these stories.

Updated: Feb 25, 2021
'Struggle'
These are not easy. Stories about dealing with the harder decisions in life.

Updated: Feb 25, 2021
Family

Updated: Feb 25, 2021
'Romance'
You can't help falling in love right along with the people in these stories. Romantic in the truest sense of the word.



Updated: Feb 19, 2021
Black History Month

Updated: Feb 18, 2021
'Identity'
How do you identify? Stories dealing with the complicated reality that is identity.

Updated: Feb 18, 2021
Legacy


Updated: Feb 18, 2021
'Griot'
StoryCorps' collection of African American stories from all across the country.


Updated: Feb 18, 2021
It's Not What You're Given. It's What You Do With What You Get
These days, from the new fascination with genetic endowment and Ancestry to the moral entitlement of any number of religious sects, what you are given is grabbed to like a brass ring. Enough to make a difference. Turns out though, as the lyrics of a great Maine jazz singer remind us, it's...

Updated: Feb 18, 2021
The Department of Poetic Justice (and Poetic Reckoning)
Back in 2013, my collection "Blue: American Sonnets" was entered in a contest sponsored by the Alice James Press. Inspired by myself, here I present my American sonnets , many from "Blue: American Sonnets", odes, lyrical tributes- the emotional angst and pleasure of poetry brought to our longing...

Updated: Feb 17, 2021
Fundraising


Updated: Feb 11, 2021
'Historias'
StoryCorps' collection of Latino stories from all across the country.


Updated: Feb 11, 2021
'Growing Up'
Stories about dealing with growing pains, no matter how old you are.

Updated: Feb 10, 2021
Friendship


Updated: Feb 09, 2021
'Work'
We all spend 8 hours a day at it: hear stories from and about work, unusual jobs, and loving what you do.

Updated: Feb 09, 2021
OutLoud

Updated: Feb 09, 2021
Military Voices Initative





Updated: Feb 04, 2021
CAROLE KING "TAPESTRY" SPECIALS
Two radio programs produced by top public radio music documentary producer Paul Ingles that offer a deep dive celebration of the 1971 Carole King masterpiece on its half-century anniversary (February10, 2021). Top music writers and scholars give their intimate reflections on the album, its...

Updated: Feb 03, 2021