2023 NEA Jazz Master Kenny Garrett is a saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He sees himself as a “preacher” on his saxophone—searching for that “one note that would touch people.” In this music-filled podcast, Garrett talks about his musical beginnings in Detroit, move to NYC, and time with the Duke Ellington Band, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, and Miles Davis, and the … [Read more...] about Meet Saxophonist, Composer, Bandleader, and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Kenny Garrett
2011 MacArthur Fellow,2021 National Book Award Winner, historian, and novelist Tiya Miles discusses how fiction and history meet in her novel.
Tiya Miles is best known as a historian and the author of the National Book Award winner All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, A Black Family Keepsake. But Tiya had preceded All That She Carried with a novel The Cherokee Rose, published in 2015, which she has revised and has just been reissued with a new introduction. The novel moves from contemporary Georgia to … [Read more...] about 2011 MacArthur Fellow,2021 National Book Award Winner, historian, and novelist Tiya Miles discusses how fiction and history meet in her novel.
A Conversation with Nicole Chung
Nicole's recent book A Living Remedy explores loss and family as well as sharp observations about American health-care. Nicole Chung has written two memoirs in five years—both about loss and family. The first is the highly acclaimed All You Can Ever Know which was a finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award. It explores the circumstances of her adoption as a Korean … [Read more...] about A Conversation with Nicole Chung
Creative Forces NEA Military Arts Network
This is a two-part podcast: we begin with Christine Bial, the Director of Arts and Humanities Grants at Mid-America Arts Alliance which is a partner with National Endowment for the Arts in the Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant Program. She gives an overview of the program, its goals, scope, and examples of some of the programming. She also shares what was learned in … [Read more...] about Creative Forces NEA Military Arts Network
Meet Meg Medina
Author and Library of Congress’s 2023-24 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature In this episode, we speak with Meg Medina, a Newbery Award-winning author and the current Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Meg Medina has written numerous books for kids and young adults, including "Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass," … [Read more...] about Meet Meg Medina