Be More Now features the bi-coastal NYC/SF Jazz performance poet and longtime Town Crier Raymond Nat Turner discussing the placement of poetry in community, finding one’s voice and fearless expression with host Blake More.
Show Notes
Be More Now features the bi-coastal NYC/SF Jazz performance poet and longtime Town Crier Raymond Nat Turner discussing the placement of poetry in community, finding one’s voice and fearless expression with host Blake More.
“The Town Crier,” Raymond Nat Turner, is a NYC poet privileged to have read at the Harriet Tubman Centennial Symposium. He is Artistic Director of the stalwart JazzPoetry Ensemble
UpSurge!NYC and has appeared at numerous festivals and venues including the Monterey Jazz Festival and Panafest in Ghana West Africa. He currently is Poet-in-Residence at Black Agenda Report and former Co-Chair of the New York Chapter of the National Writers Union (NWU). Turner has opened for such people as James Baldwin, People’s Advocate Cynthia, sportswriter Dave Zirin and CA Congresswoman Barbara Lee following her lone vote against attacking Afghanistan.
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Originally aired 7-7:30pm, Thursday, on KZYX&Z FM, Mendocino Public Broadcasting. Also streams live at https://kzyx.org
What is KZYX: Be More Now with Blake More?
Join host Blake More once a month as she interviews people who create. With topics ranging from arts, health, culture, spirituality, feminism and whatever else stirs curiosity, you will hear engaging conversations between real people. Tune in. Stay here. And Be More Now.
Airing once a mont on the 1st or 3rd Thursday Night from 7-8pm PST on KZYX&Z, 88.1FM, 90.7FM & 91.5FM, Mendocino County’s public broadcasting, listener-supported radio station. All shows stream live on kzyx.org and are also archived here.