South African poet Ingrid deKok on apartheid, South African landscape
Series: New Letters on the Air
From: New Letters on the Air
Length: 00:30:26
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Piece Description
Accomplished South African poet Ingrid de Kok shares her work from Seasonal Fires: New and Selected Poems, her first book to be published in the United States. She talks about growing up in South Africa under apartheid, and shares poetry that reveals the changes and challenges within her homeland. "No one among the poets of South Africa felt more acutely the heart-pain and shame of life under apartheid," says J.M. Coetzee, Nobel Prize Laureate, about the work of this internationally recognized poet.
Broadcast History
Distributed via PRSS' Content Depot in January 2007 and August 2007.
Timing and Cues
PROMO: This week on NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR... Poet Ingrid de Kok [rhymes with "defrock"] takes us to her native South Africa during apartheid and after. Her poetry chronicles the changes in both society and the landscape of her homeland. Listen to Ingrid de Kok read from her new and selected collection SEASONAL FIRES, next time on NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR...
PROGRAM LENGTH: 29 minutes
INCUE: (music) Ingrid de Kok is a poet whose work captures South Africa's veld...
OUTCUE: "I'm Angela Elam for NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR...."
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Jody AllenRandolph
Posted on April 13, 2008 at 09:40 PM | Permalink
Review of South African poet Ingrid deKok on apartheid, South African landscape
Great to have this--very helpful introduction and of the central features of de Kok's work and times.