Poetry

Joy Harjo, the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States, is coming to Brookings on December 4th for a Book Discussion and Poetry Reading at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center on the campus of South Dakota State University.

In The Moment ... October 28, 2019 Show 688 Hour 1

New York Times best selling author John Kenney returns to In The Moment with his new book Love Poems for People with Children. There's more laughs as Kenney covers it all from newborns to teens, back to school shopping and summer vacations. A parent's job is never done!

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In The Moment ... October 4, 2019 Show 673 Hour 1

Patrick Hicks hosts Poetry From Studio 47 Fridays during In The Moment. This week, he features poet and educator Carl Dennis.

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In The Moment ... September 20, 2019 Show 663 Hour 1

Patrick Hicks hosts Poetry From Studio 47 Fridays during In The Moment. This week, he features 3 students from Augustana University and their work.

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In The Moment ... September 13, 2019 Show 658 Hour 1

On Fridays, Patrick Hicks brings Poetry from Studio 47. Today's featured poet is Charles Harper Webb.

In The Moment ... August 23, 2019 Show 644 Hour 1

In this week's Poetry from Studio 47 feature, Patrick Hicks presents poetry from William Stafford.

In The Moment ... August 16, 2019 Show 639 Hour 1

In this week's Poetry from Studio 47 feature, Patrick Hicks presents poetry from Jean Toomer.

In  The Moment ... July 19, 2019 Show 619 Hour 1

In this week's Poetry from Studio 47 feature, Patrick Hicks presents poetry from William Blake.

In The Moment ... July 12, 2019 Show 614 Hour 1

Each Friday Patrick Hicks brings Poetry from Studio 47. Today's featured poet is Bruce Weigl.

In The Moment ... July 9, 2019 Show 611 Hour 1

Linda Hasselstrom has spent a lifetime watching, writing, and working. Her observations and insights about life on a ranch in western South Dakota have made her one of the premier literary voices from the Great Plains. She has published 17 books of poetry and nonfiction, including Windbreak: A Woman Rancher on the Northern Plains, Feels Like Far: A Rancher's Life on the Great Plains, and her most recent book Gathering from the Grasslands: A Plains Journal. 

In The Moment ... July 1, 2019 Show 607 Hour 2

In The Moment welcomes Norma and Jerry Wilson for this week's Brown Bag Book Club.

Norma Wilson taught at the University of South Dakota for 27 years before retiring in 2005. Her books include The Nature of Native American Poetry, Rivers, Wings & Sky, and her latest poetry collection Frog Creek Road.

In The Moment ... June 24, 2019 Show 602, Hour 1

Author and poet Patrick Hicks is SDPB Radio's special guest for this week's Brown Bag Book Club. His latest collection of new and selected poems is called Library of the Mind.

Hicks has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Bush Artist Foundation, and the Loft Literary Center. He's the author of The Collector of Names, This London, and Adoptable. He also wrote the acclaimed novel The Commandant of Lubezic.

We hear from SD Poet Laureate Lee Ann Roripaugh and her successor, Christine Stewart. Laura Zabel discusses "Creative People Power." Ruthie Foster plays us a moving tune. Randy Berger reminds us of our relationship with art. Kent Nerburn talks about the creative process.

In The Moment ... June 21, 2019 Show 601 Hour 1

In this week's Poetry from Studio 47, Patrick Hicks changes things up a bit and features Poetry Out Loud.

In The Moment ... June 7, 2019 Show 591 Hour 1

This week's Poetry from Studio 47 with Patrick Hicks features poetry from Barbara Duffey.

In The Moment ... May 3, 2019 Show 568 Hour 1

In this week's Poetry from Studio 47 feature, Patrick Hicks presents poetry from Ilyse Kusnetz.

In The Moment ... April 26, 2019 Show 563 Hour 1

In this week's Poetry from Studio 47 feature, Patrick Hicks presents poetry from Kwame Dawes.

In The Moment ... April 3, 2019 Show 548 Hour 2

Today we celebrate National Poetry month with Patrick Hicks. His latest book is called "The Library of the Mind: New and Selected Works" and is available from Salmon Poetry.

In The Moment ... March 22, 2019 Show 541 Hour 1

This week's episode of Poetry from Studio 47 features the work of Wilfred Owen.

In The Moment ... March 15, 2019 how 536 Hour 1

This weeks episode of Poetry from Studio 47 has Patrick Hicks featuring poet Maria Mazziotti Gillan.

Thursday March 14th is Pi Day. Dan May, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of mathematics at Black Hills State University. That evening at the Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center beginning at 5 Dan will give you a chance to learn a little Pi history and hear some poetry. He is with us today to tell us more.

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In The Moment ... March 8, 2019 Show 531 Hour 1

This weeks episode of Poetry from Studio 47 features Lydia Whirlwind Soldier.

In The Moment ... February 15, 2019 Show 517 Hour 1

In this week's Poetry from Studio 47 feature, Patrick Hicks presents poetry from David Allan Evans.

In The Moment ... February 8, 2019 Show 512 Hour 1

In this week's Poetry from Studio 47 feature, Patrick Hicks presents poetry from Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve.

In The Moment ... January 25, 2019 Show 502 Hour 1

This week's featured poet is Sharon Olds.

In The Moment ... January 11, 2019 Show 493 Hour 1

Patrick Hicks & Studio 47 episode 2: Naomi Shahib Nye

In The Moment ... January 8, 2019 Show 490 Hour 2

Poetry from Studio 47 with Patrick Hicks is a new feature on In The Moment. It's a look at the power and presence of poetry in South Dakota and beyond.

Hicks is a novelist, essayist and poet. He's Writer-in-Residence at Augustana University. His poetry books include Adoptable and This London.

Poetry from Studio 47 with Patrick Hicks airs Fridays on In The Moment in the 11:00 a.m. Central hour.

In The Moment ... December 4, 2018 Show 473 Hour

100 poems by 100 poets inspired by the life and work of Bob Dylan - they're the basis of a new book published by New Rivers Press called Visiting Bob: Poems Inspired by the Life and Work of Bob Dylan.

Editors Thom Tammaro and Alan Davis discussed the book with Doug Hamilton on Prairie Public's Main Street program.

In The Moment ... November 5, 2018 Show 454 Hour 1

The Edvard Grieg Society of the Dakotas presents "Northern Lights: Celebrating Grieg, Vinje and Kjerulf" November 8-9 at Northern State University in Aberdeen.

Dr. Marla Fogderud of NSU is one of the many performers. She's also presenting a lecture session and poetry reading.

In The Moment ... October 5. 2018 Show 437 Hour 1

U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith loves poetry because it invites her to listen to another voice speaking about what it means to be alive.

She's in South Dakota tonight (Friday, October 5) at the Matthews Opera House at 5 p.m. and Saturday, October 6 at the Sturgis Public Library at 9 a.m.

She brings copies of the new anthology "American Journal: Fifty Poems For Our Time" for those who attend her events.