Quilting the Black-eyed Pea
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Length: 00:29:51
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Piece Description
Poet Nikki Giovanni is a big, big fan of space. She is urging NASA to adopt a provocative new approach to recruit black Americans on a mission to Mars…and she would like to go there herself. “Quilting the Black-eyed Pea” is her ode to space travel. Also featured: novelist, poet Lucinda Roy has added “painter” to her resume. She is illustrating her new children’s book “Sailing Home on an Elephant,” a story that she hopes will help children deal with loss. Show for broadcast on NPR stations in Virginia and Washington, DC the week of April 9-15, 2005.
Broadcast History
Broadcast the week of 4/9-4/15/2005 on NPR stations in Virginia and Washington, DC.
Transcript
Timing and Cues
IN CUE: (Music)
OUTCUE: “. . . I’m Sarah McConnell. Thanks for listening.”
FOLLOWED BY ___:26__ music bed out
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"Three Little Birds"
Freddi McGregor
Raggae for Kids
RAS Records
40 seconds
"Moving On"
Sweet Honey in the Rock
The Other Side
Flying Fish
30 seconds
Additional Files
- photo of Nikki Giovanni (NikkiGiovanni.jpg)
- photo of Lucinda Roy (LucindaRoy.jpg)
Michael Johnson
Posted on August 31, 2005 at 11:36 AM | Permalink
Review of Quilting the Black-eyed Pea
Poets Nikki Giovanni & Lucinda Roy explore very different takes on African-Americaness in this lyrical discussion with host Sara McConnell. The featured poems by Roy & Giovanni give much food for thought on issues as seemingly incongruous as the Middle Passage and its lessons for a journey to Mars, to a tratise on curly hair and childhood taunts.
Host McConnell knows when to let the conversation flow and guides it well through this intelligent half hour . Listeners will enjoy this exploration in thoughts and dreams of two great poets.