The love for This is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets (and for Why Fathers Cry at Night!) continues: check out Kwame's recent appearances on Comedy Central's The Daily Show, PBS NewsHour, WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show!
The Daily Show: “Poetry is a way to open up a door to possibilities, no matter who’s writing.” Bestselling author and Emmy-winning producer Kwame Alexander stops by to talk about his latest anthology of Black poets, This Is the Honey, and how it is a way for any reader to explore the love and triumphs of a Black experience, not just tragedy. Alexander also gives Michael Kosta advice for raising daughters and reads a poem from his memoir, Why Fathers Cry at Night.
PBS Newshour: Award-winning author and producer Kwame Alexander just released his latest work. It's an anthology by Black poets called, This Is the Honey. Amna Nawaz discussed the book with Alexander for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
The Brian Lehrer Show: Kwame Alexander, poet and Emmy-winning producer, author of Why Fathers Cry at Night and editor of This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets (Little, Brown and Company, 2024), talks about the inspiration for, and from, the works collected in his new book.