C. J. Sage, Guest Goet
Local poet and animal-rights advocate C. J. Sage visited the Poetry Show on August 2, 2015. She and host Dennis Morton read and discussed poetry primarily about animals. Ms. Sage edits The National...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Neil Young Protests GMO’s on ‘The Monsanto Years’
On his latest album, “The Monsanto Years”, Neil Young, is angry. Really angry. He’s unleashed a fiery burst of rock n roll fury aimed squarely at box stores, corporate farming and ag chemical use. For...
View ArticleTroy Jollimore, Guest Poet
Show. He sat down with host Dennis Morton to read from and discuss Troy's newest poetry collection, titled Syllabus of Errors, which will be published on September 29. The title is perhaps partly a...
View ArticleConversations with the Late Alan Cheuse
Author and literary scholar, Alan Cheuse. Photo: Photo: Peter Hedlund-flickr-http://bit.ly/1Keg0Cx Author and critic Alan Cheuse died last week at age 75. He regularly participated in interviews with...
View ArticleAuthor Don Winslow
Enter the hearts and minds of those fighting on both sides of the war on drugs as host Rick Kleffel speaks with author Don Winslow about his novel The Cartel. Winslow explores the intersection of...
View ArticleArt and Healing at the Tannery
By J.D. Hillard | KUSP - Santa Cruz’s apartment and workspace complex for artists, the Tannery Art Center, has been healing after an eight year old girl who lived there was murdered. Artists at the...
View ArticleThe Agony Column Literary Magazine Show: Dr.Rachel Naomi Remen, Dr. Jeffrey...
By Rick Kleffel - Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen: "Creating and Teaching the Curriculum for The Healer's Art", Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman: "Shrinks; The Untold Story of Psychiatry" and Chef Dave Wells: "From...
View ArticleScreening: The Education of Auma Obama
By David H. Anthony | KUSP - Event info On the second week of February, Santa Cruz shall be afforded a rare opportunity. On Wednesday February 10, Nigerian born Branwen Okpako will be present at a free...
View ArticleL.A. Changed Guthrie and Guthrie Changed L.A.
MONTEREY BAY STORIES A new book makes the firm argument that Woody Guthrie's development into a political folk singer and indeed the connection between folk singing and politics began well before...
View ArticleWoody Guthrie’s Racial Views
MONTEREY BAY STORIES The new book Woody Guthrie L.A. 1937-1941 includes an essay that revisits Guthrie's racial views. When he was Growing up, Guthrie's family was closely associated with the...
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