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BC poet and essayist Naomi Wakan on what poetry is and does -- or should
09 Nov, 2014 | 0:29:20 |
EN | CKGI programming | Bookmobile

In the final episode of "Bookmobile" (but just for now, we hope) Gabriola Island poet and essayist Naomi Wakan -- also Nanaimo's first Poet Laureate -- offers her own aesthetics of poetry, and we get to hear more of her own work than, modestly, she has offered before. Music: John Field's Nocturne #5 in Bb, George Gao performing "Galloping Horses"...
BC poet and essayist Naomi Wakan on Gabriola Island's official sport -- gardening.
08 Oct, 2014 | 0:35:54 |
EN | CKGI programming | Bookmobile

In. Episode 4, Gabriola poet and essayist Naomi Wakan (also Nanaimo’s first Poet Laureate) takes her spade to the subject of gardening, reads some gardening poetry by herself and others, and recommends some of her favourite books on the subject. With music by Pete Seeger, Gabriola’s Alison Humphries, and Simon and Garfunkel. Special thanks to Nathan Tinkham for recording this...
BC poet and essayist Naomi Wakan on the delights and power of quotations
06 Sep, 2014 | 0:31:53 |
EN | CKGI programming | Bookmobile

In Episode 3, Gabriola poet and essayist Naomi Wakan considers her life in quotes -- or at least collecting them. Naomi and her sister in Britain have published seven books of quotations; here she recalls the hunt for them, and their sustaining power. Music by Lucille Starr, and Gabriola's Jeremy McDonald (recorded by Lou Gradanti) and Andrea Georgiev (with Jeremy...
BC poet and essayist Naomi Wakan on travel, and surviving to tell the tale.
06 Sep, 2014 | 0:36:20 |
EN | CKGI programming | Bookmobile

In Episode 2 of Bookmobile, Gabriola Island, BC poet and essayist Naomi Wakan considers the joys and hazards of traveling -- and of writing about it once you have. Naomi's own heartfelt account of a trip to Burma, and some downhome road music, round out the show.
BC poet and essayist Naomi Wakan on growing old
10 Jul, 2014 | 0:28:49 |
EN | CKGI programming | Bookmobile

Gabriola Island, BC poet and essayist Naomi Wakan, also Nanaimo's first Poet Laureate, introduces her new CKGI series with some spritely thoughts and poems about aging.
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