One of the showcases of poems featured in the exhibition "Come to the Table" at the University of Arizona Poetry Center.
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When was the last time you ate a poem? + and more
Featured on the September 5th, 2019 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:
- Will the Tucson Unified School District be adopting a new approach to sex education? AZPM education reporter Duncan Moon provides a preview of the school board’s upcoming vote, and highlights the public opinions that have been shared by concerned citizens.
Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo shared his idea to move sixth graders back to elementary schools and house only seventh and eighth grade students in junior high schools at a Governing Board meeting April 30, 2019.
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- Do preparing food and writing poetry share similarities? Mark visits “Come to the Table” the current exhibit at the University of Arizona Poetry Center that focuses on the ways that poetry and food compliment each other. Wren Awry, an education coordinator at the Poetry Center, reads "Baked Goods" by Aimee Nezhukumatathil.
The statement of intent for the exhibition "Come to the Table" at the University of Arizona Poetry Center.
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VIEW LARGER Visitors to the Poetry Center Library are invited to add their own ideas about what "Tucson Tastes Like...". Mark McLemore / AZPM
- Meet Chris and David, a sister and brother who had given up talking about politics because it too often would lead to arguments. Find out why they decided to discuss their differences on neutral ground as part of StoryCorps’ “One Small Step” program. You can find more One Small Step" conversations here.
Chris Medvescek and David Ravashere after recording their "One Small Step" conversation in the AZPM radio studio.
- Between the all-too frequent headlines about gun violence in America, film essayist Chris Dashiell revisits the unnerving movie called Targets, which he finds just as relevant today as when it was made fifty-one years ago.
Director Peter Bogdanovich's "Targets", an unusual film about gun violence from 1968.
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