This week Wordplay features Philadelphia-based poet Ross Gay. Ross visited Asheville in February, read at Malaprops (with Patrick Rosal) and Warren Wilson College, and sat down with Wordplay veteran Joanna Cooper, an old friend, for a nice long interview. This week we feature a couple of poems from the Malaprops reading, and much of Joanna’s interview. Joanna herself joined me in the studio to provide some background and context.
For our music, Joanna chose Stevie Wonder’s “Love’s in Need of Love Today” from his Songs in the Key of Life, Vol.1, and Cat Stevens’ “Tea for the Tillerman,” from the album of the same name.
The full show’s available over on the Archive page through next Sunday.
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Photo of Ross by Joanna Cooper.
Cross-posted over at NatureS.
