Brainwaves Video Anthology
Husnaa Hashim George Stinney and the Electric Chair
Husnaa Hashim is the 2017-2018 Youth Poet Laureate of Philadelphia, and author of the poetry collection Honey Sequence. She is a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania from West Philadelphia and Gaithersburg, Maryland. Husnaa has...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Roberto Carlos Garcia - Mixtape for City Kids from Dysfunctional but Happy Families, Kids Like Me
Poet, storyteller, and essayist Roberto Carlos Garcia is a self-described “sancocho […] of provisions from the Harlem Renaissance, the Spanish Poets of 1929, the Black Arts Movement, the Nuyorican School, and the Modernists.” Garcia is...
Poetry Foundation
Sasha Banks reads "uhmareka, post collapse: three"
Sasha Banks (she/her/hers) reads her poem, "uhmareka, post collapse: three
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Losing Things | POEM
Losing Things | POEM Poem written and performed by Michael Rosen
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Edwina Trentham - 'The Harbor'
Edwina Trentham is a Professor of English at Asnuntuck Community College, where she is also the Editor of Freshwater, a national poetry journal, which celebrated its Tenth Anniversary in May 2009. She has published poetry in a variety of...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Michael Rosen Rap - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
The Michael Rosen Rap - By Michael Rosen from The Hypnotiser
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Lynn Marie Houston - 'Becoming Icarus'
Lynn Marie Houston holds a Ph.D. in English from Arizona State University and an MFA from Southern Connecticut State University. A Fulbright scholar (Switzerland 1994-1998), she has also held writing residencies at the Vermont Studio...
Poetry Foundation
Elizabeth Acevedo reads "blessing the boats" by Lucille Clifton
Elizabeth Acevedo (she/her/hers) reads the poem "blessing the boats" by Lucille Clifton.
Poetry Foundation
Hannah Hart reads Khalil Gibran
Hannah Hart reads "On Work" from Khalil Gibran's book, The Prophet.
Poetry Foundation
Samin Nosrat reads "Elegy" by Aracelis Girmay
Samin Nosrat (she/her/hers) reads the poem, "Elegy" by Aracelis Girmay.
Poetry Foundation
Shailene Woodley reads Khalil Gibran
Shailene Woodley reads a poem on love from The Prophet by Khalil Gibran.
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Shirt - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Michael rosen performs the poem Shirt from ‘Even My Ears Are Smiling’ (Bloomsbury Children’s Books).
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Benjamin S. Grossberg - 'The Space Traveler Talks Frankly About Desire'
Benjamin S. Grossberg is the author of Space Traveler (University of Tampa, 2014); Sweet Core Orchard (University of Tampa, 2009), winner of the Tampa Review Prize and a Lambda Literary Award; and Underwater Lengths in a Single Breath...
Poetry Foundation
Debbie Millman reads "The Panther" by Rainer Maria Rilke
Debbie Millman (she/her/hers) reads Rainer Maria Rilke's poem, “The Panther
Poetry Foundation
Donika Kelly reads "Torna Atrás"
Donika Kelly reads the Natasha Trethewey poem, "Torna Atrás
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ama Mazama - "The Black's Lament" by Léon-Gontran Damas
Ama Mazama (aka Marie-Josée Cérol) is Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Programs of the Department of Africa American Studies at Temple University. She received her PhD with highest distinction from La Sorbonne Nouvelle,...