SongWriter turns stories into songs, ft. Questlove, Joyce Carol Oates, David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), George Saunders, Steve Earle, Susan Orlean & David... more
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Poet, author, and playwright Ben Okri reads his story “A Wrinkle in the Realm,” and talks about music and dream... more
At a live performance in London, journalist, filmmaker, and author Sarfraz Manzoor reads a piece he wrote for SongWriter about... more
Turkish journalist and author Asli Perker shares a story she wrote for SongWriter about a terrible car accident, and how... more
Palestinian poet and clinical psychologist Hala Alyan shares her poem “Dear Gaza,” about guilt, memory, and hope. Scientist Dr. Salma... more
Poet and author Maggie Smith shares two poems about caregiving for young children, and the complicated calculus around exposing them... more
Filmmaker and author Naz Riahi tells a heartbreaking story she wrote for SongWriter about the loss of a beloved pet,... more
Filipinx American poet Ina Cariño shares a brand new “sonnet crown” poem that they wrote for SongWriter on the subject... more
Author Kate Cohen reads a piece she wrote for SongWriter about how – despite her firm atheism – the Jewish... more
Freddy Mutanguha, who is the CEO of the Aegis Trust – the organization that built the Kigali Genocide Memorial –... more
During a performance at KQED Live, comedian and filmmaker W. Kamau Bell tells a story about his father’s 80th birthday... more
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