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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
Musical Works
"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)
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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.