Kwame Alexander (Extended)

FromThe Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Start listening View podcast show

Kwame Alexander (Extended)

FromThe Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

ratings:

Length:

10 minutes

Released:

Feb 5, 2024

Format:

Podcast episode

Description

Emmy Award-winner and bestselling author Kwame Alexander tells Stephen how he first got interested in poetry as a young man, and he reads a poem that appears in his latest book, “This Is the Honey: An Anthology Of Contemporary Black Poets.”
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Released:

Feb 5, 2024

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The #1 show in late night delivered straight to your ears, every weekday. Keep up with all the whip-smart writing, hilarious monologues, and revealing conversations with celebrity guests, only on The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert.

Skip carousel

Huma Abedin, David Byrne | Summit of All Fears by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
35 min listen
Michael C. Hall, Michael Eric Dyson | Virginia Is For Voters by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
41 min listen
Kenneth Branagh, Ellie Kemper | Wave New World? by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
39 min listen
Introducing The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
2 min listen
Bruce Springsteen | The Wet Coast by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
34 min listen
Billy Porter, Annaleigh Ashford | Left Behind by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
39 min listen
Peter Jackson Continued | The Most Plunderful Time of The Year by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
36 min listen
Butterball Hotline | Colbert Classic by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
19 min listen
Andy Cohen | The Youngkin and the Restless by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
34 min listen
Sting, David Alan Grier (Extended Cut) | Sex And The Vatican City by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
47 min listen
Jeff Goldblum | Will Work For Workers by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
37 min listen
Elizabeth Banks, Jorja Fox | Who Wants to Tax a Billionaire? by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
37 min listen
Steve Martin, Martin Short, & Selena Gomez by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
17 min listen
Trevor Noah | It's Friday, Witch! by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
36 min listen
Mayor-Elect Eric Adams, Dwyane Wade | Hit The Road, Joe! by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
41 min listen
Kevin Hart | Honey, I Vaxxed The Kids by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
39 min listen
Quentin Tarantino, Sexiest Man Alive Reveal | That's A Pricey Meatball! by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
43 min listen
Jennifer Lawrence | Ho Ho Ho-micron by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
38 min listen
Lady Gaga | Oil's Well That Ends Well by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
40 min listen
Peter Dinklage, Lee Jung-Jae | New Covid On The Block by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
36 min listen
John Leguizamo, Thomasin McKenzie | Meta-morphosis by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
38 min listen
Charlamagne Tha God by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
10 min listen
Tony Hale | Fall Back Plan by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
38 min listen
Issa Rae by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
12 min listen
Andrew Garfield, Chef José Andrés | Hit Me With Your Boost Shot by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
42 min listen
Rosamund Pike, Peter Jackson | Thanksgiving: We Meat Again by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
42 min listen
Anderson Cooper | House of Horrors by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
42 min listen
Paul Rudd | Bill Back Better by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
37 min listen
Jonathan Karl, Brandi Carlile | Where There's A Pill, There's A Way by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
36 min listen
Denzel Washington, Maggie Gyllenhaal | Coup-Dunnit?! by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
44 min listen

More Episodes from The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Skip carousel

Jean Smart | In The Doghouse by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
26 min listen
George Takei by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
9 min listen
Meanwhile | Heinz Targets Chicago by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
7 min listen
Stephen Presents: Veep's Reid Scott by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
17 min listen
Stephen Presents: Paul Simon (Extended) by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
37 min listen
Stephen Presents: Audience Questions | Favorite Cookie by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
14 min listen
Stephen Presents: Neil deGrasse Tyson (Extended) by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
26 min listen
Stephen Presents: Doris Kearns Goodwin by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
15 min listen
Emmy Winner Paul Walter Hauser by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
10 min listen
Meanwhile | Clippers Fans Get Free Chicken by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
7 min listen
Anna Sawai | "Shōgun" by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
9 min listen
Sandra Oh | Jury's Out by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
26 min listen
John Lithgow | Mock Trial by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
26 min listen
Orlando Bloom | Jury Up And Wait by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
24 min listen
Salman Rushdie | Snooze Criminal by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
26 min listen
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Extended) by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
15 min listen
Meanwhile | Eclipse Glasses Recall, Nutmobile Drivers Wanted by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
13 min listen
Wilmer Valderrama | "NCIS" by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
9 min listen
Comedian Demetri Martin by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
9 min listen
Christiane Amanpour | Nightmarizona by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
26 min listen
Maren Morris | Stop The Stall by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
26 min listen
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Sun Blocked by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
32 min listen
Tim Blake Nelson (Extended) | Reading is Cool by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
21 min listen
Meanwhile | Sonequa Martin-Green (Extended) by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
16 min listen
Hannah Waddingham by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
12 min listen
Steve Buscemi | Court Proceeding by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
32 min listen
Gillian Anderson | All Too Wealthy by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
31 min listen
Savannah Guthrie | Bond Villain by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
24 min listen
Matt Damon's Colbert Questionert | Easter Dummy by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
22 min listen
Juno Temple | Cyborgasm by The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
15 min listen

Related podcast episodes

Skip carousel

Ep. 47 - The Power of Jasmine Mans' Poet Voice: When was the last time you let yourself feel the power of poetry and a poet’s voice? Here’s the perfect chance! Jasmine Mans--author of the poetry collections Chalk Outlines of Snow Angels and, most recently, Black Girl, Call Home; resident poet of the Newark Public Library; and viral sensation behind the poem Footnotes for Kanye--talks with Eve and Julie about how she discovered her own narrative through poetry... by Book Dreams
37 min listen
CLAP WHEN YOU LAND by Elizabeth Acevedo, read by Elizabeth Acevedo, Melania-Luisa Marte: This outstanding novel-in-verse delivered by two voices is not to be missed. by Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine
7 min listen
554 John Ashbery (with Jess Cotton) | My Last Book with David van den Berg by The History of Literature
58 min listen
At Klipsan Beach: James Arthur’s poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, Poetry, Ploughshares, The Southern Review, New England Review, and Narrative. He has received the Amy Lowell Traveling Poetry Scholarship, a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in... by Random Tape
1 min listen
In Praise of Noise: James Arthur’s poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, Poetry, Ploughshares, The Southern Review, New England Review, and Narrative. He has received the Amy Lowell Traveling Poetry Scholarship, a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in... by Random Tape
1 min listen
Light Hearted ep 100 – Elizabeth Spires, author of “Kate’s Light.”: Elizabeth Spires was born in Lancaster, Ohio, and she now lives in Baltimore, Maryland. She has always admired the poetry of Emily Dickinson, and by the time she was twelve she had decided to be a writer. When she was in college at Vassar, by Light Hearted
39 min listen
Episode 44: Quan Barry: In conversation with Maris Kreizman by The Maris Review
29 min listen
Episode 217: Elizabeth Acevedo: In conversation with Maris Kreizman by The Maris Review
30 min listen
?Ian McEwan on Lessons? by The Shakespeare and Company Interview
61 min listen
☕Proust Questionnaire: Holly McNish & Michael Pedersen☕ by The Shakespeare and Company Interview
84 min listen
⛵Bidding adieu to a literary journal, with John Freeman (Feat. readings from Sandra Cisneros, Aleksandar Hemon, Rebecca Makkai, and Mieko Kawakami read by translator Hitomi Yoshio)⛵ by The Shakespeare and Company Interview
68 min listen
Episode 70 — Emily St. John Mandel: Emily St. John Mandel is the guest. Her latest novel is called THE LOLA QUARTET, and it is available now from Unbridled Books. Library Journal, in a starred review, raves: "In this transcendent third novel, Emily St. by Otherppl with Brad Listi
67 min listen
Hannah Emerson — Keep Yourself at the Beginning of the Beginning: A poem inviting us to discover our brilliance and our nothingness. Both true. Both vital. by Poetry Unbound
14 min listen
Jane Satterfield, "Letter to Emily Brontë," The Common magazine (Spring, 2022): An interview with Jane Satterfield by New Books in Literary Studies
41 min listen
Kwame Alexander: Why Fathers Cry at Night (ep. 618): Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and New York Times bestselling author of 39 books. Known for his unique style of blending poetry and prose to create engaging and relatable stories for young readers, Kwame has earned countless awards... by Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary
47 min listen
Episode 219: Jenn Shapland: In conversation with Maris Kreizman by The Maris Review
30 min listen
Patti Smith’s ‘Horses,’ Susan Choi and a police poet: How “Horses” by Patti Smith helped ignite the punk explosion, plus Susan Choi on “Trust Exercise” and a published poet who’s also a cop. by Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen
51 min listen
Episode 89 — Jess Walter: Jess Walter is the guest. He's a National Book Award nominee and the author of several novels, the most recent of which is called BEAUTIFUL RUINS, now available from Harper. Helen Schulman, writing for the New York Times Book Review, by Otherppl with Brad Listi
74 min listen
Into the Trayvon Generation with Elizabeth Alexander: Poet and scholar Elizabeth Alexander on parenting in the “Trayvon Generation,” and how arts and culture can carry us through pain. by Into America
25 min listen
Only Tingles Before Marriage: Junior Novels in Post-War America with Dr. Amanda K. Allen: Junior novels were early romances for young readers, published in the 1940s-1960s. Learn from expert guest Dr. Amanda K. Allen how the didactic and heteronormative messages in these novels make a lot of sense when you consider that they were created to respond to demand from librarians and schools for “bibliotherapy” texts to “teach teenage girls how to be women,” which included winning that class ring and becoming besties with the popular girl who you’re not sure if you want to be or date. Guest: Dr. Amanda K. Allen is a professor of children's and young adult literature. by Shelf Love: Romance Novel Discourse
76 min listen
Simon Armitage, "A Vertical Art: On Poetry" (Princeton UP, 2022): An interview with Simon Armitage by New Books in Literary Studies
64 min listen
Simon Armitage, "A Vertical Art: On Poetry" (Princeton UP, 2022): An interview with Simon Armitage by Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
64 min listen
Ocean Vuong — Seventh Circle of Earth: Ocean Vuong’s poem “Seventh Circle of Earth” is an homage to the love and intimacy shared by Michael Humphrey and Clayton Capshaw, a gay couple who were murdered in their home in Dallas, Texas. In the midst of recognizing the violence and threat LGBTQI communities face, the poem holds space for tenderness — and honors their love. A question to reflect on after you listen: What examples have you seen of love and power enacted, even in the face of threat? by Poetry Unbound
12 min listen
The Quarantine Tapes 062: Elizabeth Alexander: “I ask questions relatively often in poems and I ask them because I don't know the answer.” - Elizabeth Alexander by The Quarantine Tapes
34 min listen
Episode 36: Amy Hale Auker: Working cowboy, author, and poet Amy Hale Auker stops by Cowboy Crossroads and talks about her father, her history, her writing process, and her work with Andy Wilkinson. Listen to the end of the episode to hear Amy recite the title poem from her new... by Cowboy Crossroads
47 min listen
On Friendship, with Hollie McNish and Michael Pedersen by The Shakespeare and Company Interview
57 min listen
Episode 10 — Alexander Maksik: Alexander Maksik is the guest. One of the original writers at The Nervous Breakdown, and a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop, where he was a Truman Capote Fellow. He's now the author of YOU DESERVE NOTHING, by Otherppl with Brad Listi
83 min listen
Episode 358 — Janaka Stucky: Janaka Stucky is the guest. His new poetry collection, The Truth is We Are Perfect, is available now from Third Man Books. Bill Knott says "Stucky’s verse has the power of the best East European poets—some of his poems seem to be... by Otherppl with Brad Listi
71 min listen
Elizabeth Acevedo: Living wakes, family secrets, and why she’s been planning her own funeral since she was a kid: New York Times bestselling YA author and champion slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo has written her first novel for adult readers, “Family Lore.” The story follows one Dominican-American family, as told through the voices of its women, as they await a gathering that will forever change their lives. Elizabeth talks to Tom about the book, how her family inspired the story, and how being a teacher influences her writing. by Q with Tom Power
18 min listen
Episode 166: Ada Limón: In conversation with Maris Kreizman by The Maris Review
35 min listen

Discover this podcast and so much more

Kwame Alexander (Extended)

Kwame Alexander (Extended)

Description

Titles in the series (100)

More Episodes from The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Related podcast episodes