麻豆约拍

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the 麻豆约拍's radio poetry archive with the first part of 'Poetry Of Gold and Angels: San Francisco'.

San Francisco is a place where a thousand stories meet - a port city where many cultures and races mix, the birthplace of counterculture and political ideologies, and now home to the high-tech revolution.

Poet, educator and weaver Kim Shuck was born in the city and has Tsalagi, Sauk and Fox and Polish ancestor's. She takes us on a tour of her San Francisco including North Beach and China Town and discusses how poets have been inspired by the city. The local poetry scene is so much more than the San Franciscan Beat poets - so here's a chance to hear some of the other poems coming out of the city.

Kim talks to poets including Devorah Major who was Poet Laureate of San Francisco and takes us to Marcus Books, the oldest Black book shop in America. And Jack Hirschman, part of the Beat generation and social activist, explains how music and jazz have influenced the city's poetic voice.

Other guests include poets Genny Lim, David Brazil, Micah Ballard and David Buuck.

Producer: Laura Parfitt

A White Pebble Media production for 麻豆约拍 Radio 4 first broadcast in 2013.