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Episode: Quintessential Listening: Poetry - Avis D. Matthews
Description: QL:P Special Guest: Avis D. MatthewsÂ
The constant themes of my life have been family, music, and words.
I am the second of four children and part of two pretty large, close-knit families who are several generations deep in the African-American communities of Prince George’s County, Maryland. My early exposure to, and love of, poetry came partly through songs – the hymns I heard in church; the popular songs played on the radio; as well as the collection of jazz, sacred, R&B, and musical theater recordings my parents had in our home.
There were always books at home, inclu...