
MONA LISA SALOY
EPISODES OF AMERICAN ROUTES WITH MONA LISA SALOY
FROM THE SHOW: SONGS AS POEMS; POEMS AS SONGS
From the show "Songs as Poems; Poems as Songs" originally aired on August 10th, 2022
FROM THE SHOW: SONGS AS POEMS; POEMS AS SONGS
From the show "Songs as Poems; Poems as Songs" originally aired on February 9th, 2022
SONGS AS POEMS; POEMS AS SONGS
We listen for poetry in music and music in poetry, songs as poems and poems as songs with Langston Hughes, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Ken Nordine. Plus, a visit to New York's City Lore with poet-folklorist Steve Zeitlin, who rides the POEMobile to the People's Poetry Gathering and then back to New Orleans to meet Louisiana's poet laureate, Mona Lisa Saloy.
SONGS AS POEMS; POEMS AS SONGS
We listen for poetry in music and music in poetry, songs as poems and poems as songs with Langston Hughes, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Ken Nordine. Plus, a visit to New York's City Lore with poet-folklorist Steve Zeitlin, who rides the POEMobile to the People's Poetry Gathering and then back to New Orleans to meet Louisiana's poet laureate, Mona Lisa Saloy. Photo of Sahar Muradi, Director of Education Programs at City Lore