Brenda Trupp's Podcast

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  • Langston Hughes

    20/01/2012 Duración: 01min

    Did you know that "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" is a poem that centers around personification as a poetic device? Thanks to Noah we get to see why Mr. Hughes is so well respected in the world of poetry and literature.

  • Walt Whitman

    20/01/2012 Duración: 01min

    A podcast about our good friend Walt -- the absolute dandy and poet of his time. Thank you Raiya for addressing all the important pieces of Walt's career and life.

  • E-mail Etiquette

    19/04/2011 Duración: 51min

    Learn the ins and the outs to e-mail etiquette. Brought to you by KERA.

  • The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe

    23/12/2010 Duración: 07min

    Emily reads to us The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe. Feel free to read along: http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe First Published in 1845 Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door; Only this, and nothing more." Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow, sorrow for the lost Lenore,. For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore, Nameless here forevermore. And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me---filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repe

  • ee cummings Biography

    23/07/2010 Duración: 04min

    With eloquent diction, Hannah shines the light of ee cummings into our lives. Yipee for no capitalization and punctuation -- a key trait of all cummings' work.

  • Carl Sandburg Biography

    23/07/2010 Duración: 03min

    Kaitlyn tells us about the life of American Poet Carl Sandburg. Listen now -- a Sandburg fact was on Jeopardy tonight, Kaitlyn actually talks about it!

  • Bruce Springsteen Biography

    09/07/2010 Duración: 04min

    Caleb teaches us about "The Boss", Bruce Springsteen. Yes, even Bruce Springsteen is considered a poet.

  • Jack Kerouac Biography

    09/07/2010 Duración: 05min

    Laurel takes us "On The Road" of Beat Generation Writer, Jack Kerouac. Did you know Kerouac was thrown in jail for accessory to murder?

  • Adrienne Rich Biography

    09/07/2010 Duración: 06min

    Natalie speaks about woman, homosexual, and political activist, Adrienne Rich. Thanks Natalie for giving such a great poet a voice!

  • Maya Angelou Bio

    11/06/2010 Duración: 02min

    Follow Stella as she tells the life and times of poet and novelist Maya Angelou, and no she is not Oprah but they are good friends.

  • Amiri Baraka / LeRoi Jones Bio

    09/06/2010 Duración: 03min

    Dirah tells about the life of one of the lesser known Beat Generation poets, Amiri Baraka who was also known as LeRoi Jones. Did you know that Amiri considers LeRoi's death to be in the 1960s?

  • Emily Dickinson Bio

    25/05/2010 Duración: 02min

    Evan explains why he feels that poet Emily Dickinson led a very sheltered and boring life. Evan does admit that her anthology of poems is quite extraordinary.

  • Gary Soto Bio

    25/05/2010 Duración: 03min

    Max tells us so eloquently about the life and times about novelist and poet Gary Soto. Mr. Soto is considered one of the greatest Mexican-American writers of all time.

  • John Milton Bio

    25/05/2010 Duración: 02min

    Isaac tells us about the original poet, no, not Bill Shakespeare, before him: this is the life of epic poet John Milton. Milton wrote the famous epic poem, Paradise Lost.

  • Robert Frost Bio

    25/05/2010 Duración: 02min

    Eddie tells us about the intellectual poet, Robert Frost. Frost was a great American poet; one that the United States should and is proud of . . . Eddie sure thinks so.

  • Gwendolyn Brooks Bio

    23/05/2010 Duración: 02min

    Eighth grader, Gena, pronounced Jenna and not Geena -- I made that mistake only once, gives us a thorough biography of poet Gwendolyn Brooks. Gena utilizes creativity and multiple voices to convey the interesting life of Ms. Brooks.