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Other People’s Words, Episode 13: Phenomenal Woman, by Maya Angelou

December 19, 2022 By Andy Wicks

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“Phenomenal Woman” was written by Maya Angelou and originally published in an issue of Cosmopolitan magazine in 1978, and then in And Still I Rise, her third volume of collected poetry, later that same year. Dr. Mica Mitchell tells of how this poem helped shape her as a girl moving into womanhood and continues to inspire her today. 

Filed Under: Other People's Words, Podcast Tagged With: Maya Angelou, Mica Mitchell, Other People's Words, Phenomenal Woman, poem, Poetry

Other People’s Words Episode 7: “Behind Each Number, One Beloved Face,” by Malcolm Guite

February 7, 2021 By Andy Wicks

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“One death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.” Versions of this quote, sometimes attributed to Joseph Stalin in 1947 or a French diplomat or German satirist in 1925, depending on who you ask, succinctly explains the numbness that the world feels at the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic, which stands at […]

Filed Under: Other People's Words Tagged With: Aaron Billard, Behind Each Number One Beloved Face, COVID-19, Malcolm Guite, Other People's Words, pandemic, poem, Poetry, Unvirtuous Abbey

Other People’s Words Episode 6: “A Wanderer,” by Hashim ZK.

January 25, 2021 By Andy Wicks

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Art can be visual, auditory, tactile, or kinetic. Dr. Edward Mathis tells us how a simple bike ride can be an expression of art, and reads “A Wanderer,” by Indian poet Hashim ZK. Music in this episode by Andy Wicks.

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Other People’s Words Episode 5: “Variation on the Word ‘Sleep,'” by Margaret Atwood

January 2, 2021 By Andy Wicks

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Words can take you down the same path multiple times to different destinations. Words are a time machine. In this episode, we hear from two wonderful people: Alex Oana and Chris Collin. Alex and Chris were college classmates, and he recorded her reading Margaret Atwood’s poem “Variation on the Word ‘Sleep’” as a part of his major. […]

Filed Under: Other People's Words Tagged With: Margaret Atwood, Other People's Words, podcast, poem, Poetry, Variation on the Word Sleep

Other People’s Words Episode 4: “Prayer for My Children”

December 6, 2020 By Andy Wicks

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Janna Boomstra shares a Dutch poem called “Prayer for My Children” and how it has held power and comfort for her family, even when she didn’t understand the foreign words. Music in this episode by Kai Engel via the Free Music Archive. We heard “Blur” (at 1:16) and “Waltzing in the Rye” (at 4:10). Find […]

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Other People’s Words Episode 3: “The Slip,” by Wendell Berry

November 22, 2020 By Andy Wicks

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Change, good or bad, has some element of loss. Learning how to mourn the loss and incorporate it into our experience is tricky. Jeffrey Petersen, pastor at Third Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has much experience walking with people through change and loss. He uses the words of Wendell Berry’s poem “The Slip” to talk about […]

Filed Under: Other People's Words Tagged With: Jeffrey Petersen, Kai Engel, Other People's Words, poem, Poetry, Sergey Cheremisinov, The Slip, Wendell Berry

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