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Episode 8: My Microphone Evolution
This week Donney unpacks the evolution and politics in his poetry
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Episode 7: “America is Mine and Yours Too”
In this week’s episode of Word.Life Donney is in conversation with poet Sasha Banks about her debut collection “america, MINE”, writing honestly about…
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Word.Life Podcast: Episode 6: "Fight For You” is Award-Winning Revolution
This week on the Word.Life podcast, Donney Rose talks about H.E.R.'s Academy Award song "Fight For You" off the Judas and The Black Messiah soundtrack …
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Episode 5: The Life and (Hard) Times of Etheridge Knight
Donney talks about how the work of the late poet, Etheridge Knight inspired Black boys in Baton Rouge public schools to embrace poetry in a manner they…
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Episode 4: I Find it Hard to Say (Rebel)
In this week's episode of Word.Life, Donney pays homage to Lauryn Hill's Unplugged album, the revolutionary lyrics of the track "I Find It Hard to Say…
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Episode 3: Cry Freedom
Donney sits down with independent hip hop artist and his good friend, Marcel P. Black to discuss Marcel’s song (and album) “Cry Freedom”, the 2016…
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Episode 2: The Key to Hitting
In this episode of Word.Life, Donney is in conversation with revolutionary poet, essayist, activist and scholar, Amoja ‘MoMan’ Sumler. They discuss his…
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Episode 1: Living for the City
In this week's episode of Word. Life, Donney unpacks Stevie Wonder's "Living for the City" and the longstanding complexities of Black migration It can…
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An introduction to the Word.Life podcast
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This is Word.Life, a newsletter about Podcast hosted by The North Star's Chief Content Editor and poet, Donney Rose. .
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