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Oct. 07, 2009

Kevin Coval talks with acclaimed poet and now novelist, Angela Jackson. Her new book is titled, Where I Must Go. And we'll talk with the Chicago-based post-rock group, Califone. 

Califone Chases Away the Ghost

Oct. 7, 2009
Over the course of its career, the band Califone has gradually expanded into the visual realm. So when frontman Tim Rutili embarked on making a feature-length film it only seemed natural that his band would score the soundtrack for it.

Poet Angela Jackson Moves Into New Terrain

Oct. 7, 2009
Our poet in residence Kevin Coval has brought us some great conversations with lesser known folks. His next guest should need no introduction. But for some of you, she might. Poet Angela Jackson has written a new novel.Reading:Tonight, Wednesday October 7 at 7 p.m.

Learning from a New York Education Initiative

Oct. 7, 2009
U.S Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is back in town this week to talk about the White House's plan to reform the country's education system. Among the proposals is Promise Neighborhoods, a program that's based on something that's been happening in New York's Harlem.

Life on a Ghost Block: When the Mortgage Crisis Hits Home

Oct. 7, 2009
We hear a lot about the people who have lost their homes to foreclosure.  But maybe not so much about the people left behind. They've kept their homes, but also lost them in a way, as the houses around them emptied out.  Sometimes blocks like this are called Ghost Blocks.