Episode 9: T-WAAP: Teen Writers And Artists Project

Three Books is Ela Area Public Library’s podcast series where our host (just Becca this time) chats about three popular/favorite books. Our TWO guests this month, Adam Gottlieb and Corey Dillard, talk about poetry, spirituality, Winnie the Pooh, chocolate cake and more!

0:00:28 Guest Introductions
0:04:32 About the Louder than a Bomb Festival
0:10:12 Adam Book 1- The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu
0:13:49 Middle School Transformations thru reading
0:16:30 Corey Book 1: The Tao of Pooh
0:24:58 Pooh in China
0:26:36 Corey Book 2: The Thief of Always
0:35:27 Adam Book 2: Pedagogy of the Oppressed
0:45:21 Adam Book 3: Climbing Poetry
0:50:33 “Living” Poetry
0:51:41 Teaching Poetry the right way
0:55:07 Corey Book 3: Hurdy Gurdy by Tim Seibels
1:10:13 What Corey is Reading Now
1:11:00 Up with Thoughts by W. Kamau Bell
1:14:04 American Gods by Neil Gaiman
1:15:22 What Adam is reading
1:23:53 Adam’s Poem
1:26:18 Corey’s Poem
1:29:50 Word Play
1:31:13 Final Credits

Corey’s Three Books
The Thief of Always by Clive Barker
Hurdy-Gurdy by Tim Seibles
The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

Adam’s Three Books
The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu trans. Brian Browne Walker
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
Climbing PoeTree (self-titled poetry collection)

Other Titles/Information Discussed:
The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker (Pinhead)
Books of Blood by Clive Barker
The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian by W. Kamau Bell
American Gods by Neil Gaiman [TV Tie-In] Narrated by George Guidall
Injustice 2 (Volume 1) by DC Comics
Bob Marley: Lyrical Genius by Kwame Dawes
World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts: A Project of the International Religious Foundation
The World's Wisdom: Sacred Texts of the World's Religions by Philip Novak
Everyday Holiness by Alan Morinis
Chuang Tzu trans. Burton Watson
That One Black Kid by Corey Dillard

Watching -
Climbing PoeTree
Def Poetry Jam
Louder Than A Bomb (documentary)

Listening to -
Midnight, the Coyote, Down in the Mouth (poem) by Tim Seibles
Natasha In A Mellow Mood (poem) by Tim Seibles
Living Colour (Music Group)
Nursery Rhyme (poem) by Adam Gottlieb
Token (poem) by Corey Dillard

T-WAAP - http://www.twaap.org

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