All Pieces for WBEZ
With her amazing voice and sly poetry, this young writer approaches depression head-on. This poet is a student at Steinmetz Academic Centre (Chica...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:31
- Purchases: 1
One young writer feels there is no hope for the youth of America. This poet is a student at Maine East High School (Park Ridge, IL).
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:00
People have such problems being themselves - this piece is about issues with individuality. This poet is a student at Maine East High School (Park...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:25
- Purchases: 1
There is an editor within each of us, and sometimes that editor needs to be killed. This poet is a student at Maine East High School (Park Ridge,...
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:26
One little boy's love of Barbie... an incredibly elequent up-and-coming poet. This poet is a student at Maine East High School (Park Ridge, IL).
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:25
Politicians, media, celebrities... the list goes on and on of people who abuse the story-telling power of a microphone. Maine Township is from Mai...
Bought by Public Interactive
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:31
- Purchases: 1
A moving personal story of one young writer's downfall with anorexia. This poet is a student at Morgan Park High School (Chicago, IL).
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Public Interactive
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:37
- Purchases: 2
The cycle of abuse occuring as clergy are indicted for sex abuse and media swarms the vicitms. This poet is a student at Morgan Park High School ...
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:33
A letter to God - this young writer calls out for guidance among peers who aren't following a path he wants to walk. This poet is a student at Mo...
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:19
Billie Holiday writing the song "Strange Friuit" - This poet is a student at Morgan Park High School (Chicago, IL).
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:47
African-American history is repeating itself - how can we break the cycle? Morgan Park High School is in Chicago, IL.
Bought by KXOT Public Radio
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 03:16
- Purchases: 1
His grandmother's refusal to accept his mother's conversion to Judaism. This poet is a student at Oak Park-River Forest High School (IL).
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 01:47
With a black father that wanted to be darker and an aunt that passed for white, Novana writes about how to accept her biracial identity. This poet...
Bought by Public Interactive
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:24
- Purchases: 1
The youngest kid in kindergarten, Deja stood up for herself one day by bringing up death... a lesson she had learned too young and was struggling t...
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:19
One young writer's lessons learning from a family member with a mental disability. This poet is a student at Oak Park-River Forest High School (IL).
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:27
Peer expectations in a teenage world are strong, and being confortable with who you are is a hard lesson to learn. Addressing issues of faith, gen...
Bought by Public Interactive
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 02:45
- Purchases: 1
Overcoming the struggles of those around him, this young writer confronts drug overdose, HIV/AIDS, teen pregnancy, gang involvement and imprisonmen...
Bought by Public Interactive
- Added: Mar 22, 2007
- Length: 03:05
- Purchases: 1
Exploring African-American history leads one young writer to critique Obama's run for presidency. This poet is a student at Steinmetz Academic Cen...
- Added: Mar 21, 2007
- Length: 03:02
How do you define love? Steinmetz Academic Centre is in Chicago, IL.
- Added: Mar 21, 2007
- Length: 03:06
These junior high students reflect on the lessons they've learned from the current administration. San Miguel School-Gary Comer Campus is in Chica...
- Added: Mar 21, 2007
- Length: 01:10
