E:59: The Balance of Life and Death, The Blueprint to Poetry and Peace
6/3/202648 min
Join us with conversation and performance from Nick Courman as he teaches about Poetry, Art and Activism, while fusing it with the blueprint of how to build a career that pays to poet.
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First 90 secondsJosephus· Host0:00
[cheering] [upbeat music] Welcome, welcome, welcome to this week's episode of the one and only Poetry Cafe. My name is Joe Cephus. I'm your host with the most. Sit back, relax, and enjoy. On this week's episode, we have my man, Nick Corman. This dude uses poetry as activism as well as a career.
Nick Corman· Guest0:19
I serve as, you know, one of the spokespeople for the campaign to free Billy Allen from federal death row.
Josephus· Host0:25
Mm-hmm.
Nick Corman· Guest0:25
Uh, Billy Allen has served the last 25, almost 26 years of his life on federal death row in Terre Haute, Indiana for a crime that he did not commit.
Josephus· Host0:35
And he has the blueprint he's gonna share with us about how he takes poetry to colleges all around the country, and so much more. He is at the Poetry Cafe, so stay where you're at. We'll be right back after the break. [upbeat music] Thank you so much for tuning in to the one and only Poetry Cafe, feeding your mind, and your body, and your soul. For more information and behind-the-scenes footage, check us out on our Patreon, or slide on over to www.thepoetrycafe and grab you some merch. And now, back to the show. [upbeat music] Welcome, welcome, welcome back