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Episode: Jaki Shelton Green, NC Poet Laureate - Episode 9
Description: Bookaholics Podcast presents and celebrates Black History Month with Poet Laureate, Jaki Shelton Green. Let's remind ourselves about how important our ancestors' contributions are and discuss how we see the ordinariness of poetry.Â
00:00:45 Â Â Â Â Introducing Jaki Shelton Green.
00:06:23 Â Â Â Â Poetry
00:08:49 Â Â Â Â Things that turn my light on.
00:13:50 Â Â Â Â Who is Jaki Shelton Green?
00:17:53 Â Â Â Â How Jaki Shelton became a Poet
00:22:23 Â Â Â Â Poet Laureate
00:28:20 Â Â Â Â Described Poetry Style
00:32:34 Â Â Â Â Younger People in the industry
00:37:57 Â Â Â Â Dead on Arrival by Jaki Shelton
00:42:00 Â Â Â Â Jaki Shelton's own poetry insightÂ
00:46:55 Â Â Â Â Jaki Shelton's poem for her grandmother
00:49:32 Â Â Â Â Upcoming events
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