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Al Green: Let’s Stay Together
Al Young & Denny Zeitlin with Michael Krasny (19 March 2008)
Al Young in Pasadena
Al Young with Michael Krasny (28 December 2006)
American Book Awards on C-SPAN
B.O.O.K. (Best of Our Knowledge)
BBC
Birdland: Weather Report
California Report (2005)
California Report (2006)
California Report (2007)
CBC
Center for Creative Voices in Media
Cold Sweat: James Brown
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley
Deutsche Welle
Dima: Jazz Vocalist
Dorka Keehn: Keehn on Art (SF Radio 960)
Frankie & Johnny: Cecil Brown with NPR’s Steve Innskeep
Fresh Air
Giant Steps (Scored)
Goodnight, Irene: Leadbelly
Grazin’ in the Grass
Harlem on My Mind: Ethel Waters
Herbie Hancock and Oscar Peterson
Ishmael Reed Plays Tadd Dameron
J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugure in D Minor
Jack Foley: Cover to Cover KPFA Podcasts
Just Write | Christopher Waldrop
Keith Jarrett: The Köln Concert/part 1
KQED Forum
La Historia de Un Amor: Eydie Gormé y El Trio Los Panchos
La Historia de Un Amor: Luis Miguel
Langston Hughes: Democracy Now!
Let’s Get It On: Marvin Gaye
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Parting Words
Morning Show KPFA
Net Neutrality: The Communicators
Newspapers Online from Around the World
Nothing from Nothing: Billy Preston
Nova M Radio
NPR’s Morning Edition: Al Young’s Poet Laureate Appointment
Oh Happy Day: Edwin Hawkins Singers
Pacifica Radio
Peter B. Collins
Poetry Man: Phoebe Snow
Poetry Off the Shelf
Radio Nederlands
Richard Pryor: Cecil Brown and Al Young with Rain Pryor
Shotgun: Jr. Walker & the All-Stars
Sonny Rollins: The Bridge (Jazz Video Podcast)
Sweet Soul Music: Arthur Conley
Tighten Up: Archie Bell & the Drells
Tighten Up: Archie Bell & the Drells
Unobstructed with Alaina R. Alexander
WBAI Cat Radio Café
Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam (Martin Luther King)
Winter Soldier 2008
WJBC Bloomington: Al Young Interview with Steve Fast
World Wide Word Radio
Writer’s Voice with Francesca Rheannon
You Sexy Thing: Hot Chocolate
ZĂłcalo Radio | 89.3 KPCC-FM, Los Angeles
Poetry Treasury
About Poetry: Northern California
Al Young at National Book Festival 2005
Basics of Writing Poetry
Beau Blue’s Poem Animations
Billy Collins: Forgetfulness (An Animation)
Billy Collins: The Dead (Animation)
Brave New Voices
Casa Poema
Chinese Poetry
Cities of Refuge
Dana Gioia Online
Denise Levertov: What They Were Like
Dissident Writers Need Our Help
Don Mager.Org | Poems & Essays on Literature & Music
Dylan Thomas: The Refusal to Mourn
Favorite Poem Project
For Gwendolyn Brooks (Lamont B. Stepto)
Gary Gach: What Book!?: Buddha Poems from Beat to Hiphop
History of Poetry
How Does a Poem Mean?
In My Craft or Sullen Art
In the Moonlight a Worm (Haiku Lesson Site)
John Haynes: Winner of the 2006 Costa Poetry Award
Kenneth Rexroth
Langston Hughes: Democracy Now!
Miller Williams: Poetry and the People Who Write It
Need a Poem?
Nicolás Guillén (1902-1989)
Pablo Neruda: Poema 20 (en español)
Poem Reader’s Checklist
Poems and Poetics | Jerome Rothenberg
Poetry 180
Poetry at the Ruskin: A History
Poetry Flash
Poetry Foundation Fellowships March 31, 2008 Deadline
Poetry International Web
Poetry Off the Shelf
Poetry on Record
Poetry Out Loud!
Poetry Society of America Resources Page
Poetry Speaks: Expanded
Poetry, Poetry, Poetry, Poetry, Poetry
Prose Poem
Prosody
Rhyme Renaissance at Harvard (Baba Brinkman 2006)
Shadow Poetry
T.S. Eliot: The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock
T.S. Eliot: The Wasteland
Teaching Poetry and Humor
Ways and Ways to San José
What Is a Prose Poem?
Sites to Behold
A Gathering of the Tribes
Abu Ghraib
Academy of American Poets
AfricanWriter.Com
Afrocentric News
Aimee Allison’s Blog
Al Young in Concert with Paolo Fresu and Furio Castri (Milano 1997)
Al Young in India 2005
Al Young in Pasadena
Al Young in the L.A. Times
Al Young on Jack Spicer and Silence (Chicago Review 1970)
Al Young’s Net
Al Young: Mississippi Writer
Al Young: The Nathaniel Mackey Interview (Melus 1978)
American Book Awards
Answers.Com on Al Young
Antiwar.com
Aretha Franklin-Al Young Connection
Asili
Authors on the Air (Publishers Weekly)
Avotcja (pronounced Ah-VOTCH-ah)
AWP: Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Barcelona Review
Bay View: National Black Newspaper
BBC
Black Scholar
BlogCritics
Blues & Blues | Luciano Federighi
Blues & Democracy: Al Young & the Iowa Blues All-Stars
California Arts Council
California Center for the Book
California Library Association
California State Library
California’s Laureate on Poetry’s Power
California’s Poet Laureate Steps Out
Carmen McRae: The Definitive Website
Cave Canem (Beware of the Dog)
CBC
Chester Himes (GiveADamn)
Chet Baker Project
Chinese Poetry
Cities of Refuge
Code Z
Corporate Crime Reporter
Corrections Corporation of America
Council on World Affairs
Counterpunch
Crooks & Liars
Dark Sky Magazine
Davey D’s Rap/Hip-Hop Corner
David Whyte’s Big Mind Poetry Site
Dawn: Pakistan’s English Language Newspaper
Declaration of Independence
Denver Metropolitan College/Noel Distinguished Visiting Professorship
Detroit Memories
Deutsche Welle
Dick Gregory Global Watch
Dima: Jazz Vocalist
DJ Spooky
E-Prime
Earth Clock
Easy Winter Workouts to Stay in Shape
EBigFoto.Com
Ebony|Jet Online
Eclectica
El Corno Emplumado
Emancipation Proclamation
Eudora Welty Writers Symposium
Every Writer’s Resource
Exquisite Corpse: A Journal of Letters and Life
Federico GarcĂa Lorca: Duende (Theory & Divertissement)
Food Clock
Foreign Affairs
Frame After Frame: Herman Leonard’s Jazz Photos
Governor Schwarzenegger Appoints Al Young
Guardian
Guide to Grammar & Writing
Guide to Grammar and Style: Jack Lynch
Heat String Theory
History of Poetry
Human Rights Watch
Infragard
Internet Archive
Internet Public Library
Just Who Is Al Young?
Kenneth Patchen Home Page
Kiss Machine
Konch
La Prensa (en español)
Laureate Gets His Wreath
Let Me Tell You Where I’ve Been
Listen & Be Heard Weekly
Literary Criticism
London Review of Books
Love (Incorporating Hate) | 1966
Manliness and Living with a Woman
MAPLight.org | Money & Politics
Marc Silber
Michael Young
Mississippi Writers and Musicians
MonkZone
Multilingual Anthology of American Literature
National Book Awards 2008
National Book Foundation
National Enquirer
Newspapers Online from Around the World
Ocean Springs, MS
Pacifica Radio
Panopticon Review
Patrick Hunt’s Net
Ploughshares
Ploughshares Fund
PNAC (Project for a New American Century)
Poetry After the Storm
Poetry Flash
Poetry, Poetry, Poetry, Poetry, Poetry
Prison: More Than One in Every 100 American Adults Behind Bars
Queen Calafia’s Island | Kevin Starr
Radio Nederlands
Raw Story
Salon.Com
Saroyan Centennial 1908-2008)
Shock Doctrine: Naomi Klein
Sky Museum
Slate
Slow Trains
Softblow
Solo Café
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Speak Out California!
Squaw Valley Community of Writers Workshops
Syntax: What It Is
Ted Joans (1928-2003)
The SmokingGun
Top Ten African American Literature Anthologies
TV News Lies
U.S. Constitution
United Nations
Urban Dictionary
USA Today
VONA (Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation)
Ways to Listen to Tuck and Patti
White House
Winter Soldier 2008
Women’s Voices
Words Without Borders: International Literature Online
World Clock
Wynton
Yma Sumac Web Site
Young Turks
Youth Speaks/The Living Word Project
Zyzzyva
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A Few Words in Defense of Our Country: Randy Newman
A Man Named McCoy
Al Young at National Book Festival 2005
Al Young with Jazz at South Pasadena Library
Alan Watts: Life and Music
Albert Einstein Quotes
Alison Krause Live
Allison Crowe: Time After Time
American Book Awards on C-SPAN
Anita O’Day: Indestructible
Anthropology | Bud Powell
Armando’s Rumba|Autumn Leaves: Chick Corea & Bobby McFerrin
Astor Piazzolla & Yo Yo Ma (Libertango)
Bad, Bad Whiskey (Amos Milburn)
Bee Gees: Stayin’ Alive
Benny Hill: Poetry & Jazz, 1972
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
Billy Collins: Forgetfulness (An Animation)
Billy Collins: The Dead (Animation)
Birdland: Weather Report
Black Stacey
Bud Powell in Paris, 1959
Bunny Briggs & Charlie Barnet
Chakra Meditation
Change for the Better
Chinua Achebe at Harvard 2007
Coleman Hawkins | Charlie Parker
Consciousness
Cousin Mary: Stanley Jordan
Denise Levertov: What They Were Like
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
Dina Hardy
Dissident Writers Need Our Help
Django (Modern Jazz Quartet)
Donna Summer: On the Radio
Dueling Banjos (Scene from Deliverance)
Duke Ellington & the Harlem Renaissance
Dylan Thomas: The Refusal to Mourn
E=mc2: Eintein’s Special Theory of Relativity
Emily Remler (1957-1990): Red Blouse Bossa Nova
For Gwendolyn Brooks (Lamont B. Stepto)
Fritjof Capra: The Systems View of Life
Future of Jazz (1959)
Giant Steps: McCoy Tyner
Goldberg Variations (Aria): J.S. Bach
Harlem Renaissance (A Student View)
Herbie Hancock, Billy Cobham, Ron Carter
Hip Hop Violin: Paul Dateh
Hit That Jive, Jack
In My Craft or Sullen Art
Ishmael Reed Plays Tadd Dameron
It Don’t Mean a Thing
J.L. Hudson Implosion 1998
J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugure in D Minor
James Brown and Pavarotti
Joe Pass
John Coltrane (My Favorite Things, 1961)
John Haynes: Winner of the 2006 Costa Poetry Award
John Lee Hooker (Boom Boom Boom Boom)
Johnny Nash: I Can See Clearly Now
Joy Harjo (Poet, Guitarist, Saxophonist)
Juan Felipe Herrera
Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea Play Mozart
Keith Jarrett: Tokyo Solo Concert Encore
Kenneth Rexroth
Killing Me Softly: Roberta Flack
Kronos Quartet with Tanya Tagaq
La India & Eddie Palmieri (Mi Primera Rumba)
Langston Hughes & Louis Armstrong: Brief Bios
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off: Fred Astaire|Ginger Rogers
Lunch Poems: Al Young
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Parting Words
Marvin Gaye: Sexual Healing
Meditation
Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)
Midnight at the Oasis
Miles Davis and John Coltrane
Miller’s Tale (from Rap Canterbury Tales)
Muppets & Diz
My Block (Teaching Kids Poetry, Savanah, GA)
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
Naomi Shihab Nye
Nickole Brown reads from SISTER
Nigel Kennedy (Winter: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons)
No Room for Squares
Orrin Keepnews Meets the Saxophone Colussus
Otis Redding: I’ve Been Loving You
Pablo Neruda: Poema 20 (en español)
Paco de Lucia: Tango
Picasso Is Painting
Political Science 101: Randy Newman
Quarterlife Crisis: After College, What?
Randy Newman: Sail Away
Red Hen Press: Her History
Rhyme Renaissance at Harvard (Baba Brinkman 2006)
Robert Bly: A Gathering of Men
Saint Monk (Orrin Keepnews)
Screamin Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on You
Slim Gaillard Trio : Laguna Moody (1946)
Sly & the Family Stone (1970)
Smokey Robinson on Def Poetry Jam
Sonny Rollins Remembers Bud Powell
Spain: Chick Corea & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Stan Getz & Mary Lou Williams: Lush Life (1978)
Stanley Jordan: What’s Goin’ On
T.S. Eliot: The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock
Teaching Poetry and Humor
Tenderness of the Wolves (Stef Penney)
Toots Thielemans
Try a Little Tenderness (London 1966)
What’s Goin’ On: Marvin Gaye
Who the Hell Is Al Young?
Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam
You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon)
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