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The challenges ahead for President Obama.
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Williams talks about his favorite poem, The Foundation, and reads one of his other favorite poems, The Singing.
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C.K. Williams reads his poem about climate change.
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The difficulty of choosing a theme and the problem of sticking with it.
Art is using history and the world creatively.
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Williams discusses his enjoyment of Anne Carson and reads his poem The Foundation.
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The constant need to express.
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Growing up in New Jersey and writing a first poem.
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Michael Eric Dyson on what a black president could do to alleviate black misery.
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Michael Eric Dyson on the challenges faced by today’s black community .
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Michael Eric Dyson explains the concept of “automortality” and how it applies to Dr. King.
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Dyson explains the black church’s prophetic tradition, and its role in the Rev. Wright controversy
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Michael Eric Dyson on Dr. King, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Barack Obama
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Michael Eric Dyson discusses public perception of Dr. King from the 1960s to now.