s3e20 Remix Volume 3
Spoken Word and New Music
s3e20
July 10, 2025
Listen & Be Heard Remix Volume Three: a timely blend of our guests reading from their work, highlights from previous episodes, and a few surprises.
Featured Speakers in order of appearance: Donna Janelle Bowman, Matthew Shipp, Zora Neale Hurston, The Cipher Crew, Martha Cinader, Roberta Flack, Barbara Tran, Richard Clements, Jay Rodriguez Sierra, Meredith Leigh, Suzette Clark Bradshaw, Yvette Murray, Caitlin Jans, Jan Smith, Demi Divine, Eileen Tabios, Tony Robles
CREDITS– HOSTS: Martha Cinader, Tony Robles, Jay Rodriguez Sierra. ORIGNAL SOUNDTRACK, MIXING, MASTERING, SOUND DESIGN: Jay Rodriguez Sierra.
FEATURED SPOKEN WORD
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Barbara Tran – Author, Editor
Read more: Barbara Tran – Author, EditorBarbara Tran is an immigrant. And a settler. She writes in multiple genres. Her debut poetry book, Precedented Parroting, is a Finalist for the 2024 Governor General’s Literary Award. She is currently at work in collaboration with Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyễn on the screenplay for Nguyễn’s debut feature film.
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Caitlin Jans – Publisher, Teacher, Writer
Read more: Caitlin Jans – Publisher, Teacher, WriterCaitlin Jans is the co-founder of Authors Publish Magazine and the Writer’s Workshop at Authors Publish, as well as The Poetry Marathon. She has an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, and has taught at Seattle Pacific University, and Berkeley College, Her work has been published widely including: The Rumpus, Poets & Writers, The Adroit Journal,…
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Donna Janell Bowman – Author
Read more: Donna Janell Bowman – AuthorDonna Janell Bowman is an award-winning author of books for young readers, including Wings of an Eagle: The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills, co-authored with Olympian Billy Mills and illustrated by S.D. Nelson; Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness, illustrated by Daniel Minter; Abraham Lincoln’s Dueling Words,…
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Dorsía Smith Silva, Author
Read more: Dorsía Smith Silva, AuthorDorsía Smith Silva is the author of In Inheritance of Drowning (CavanKerry, 2024), which was a finalist for the Whirling Prize and reviewed by Publishers Weekly. She is a multi-nominated Pushcart Prize nominee, Best of the Net finalist, Best New Poets nominee, Cave Canem Poetry Prize Semifinalist, Poetry Editor at The Hopper, and Professor of…
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Eileen R. Tabios
Read more: Eileen R. TabiosEileen R. Tabios has released collections of poetry, fiction, art, essays, and experimental writings from publishers around the world. Recent releases include her second novel The Balikbayan Artist; an autobiography, THE INVENTOR; a poetry collection Because I Love You, I Become War; an art monograph, Drawing the Six Directions; a flash fiction collection (in collaboration…
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Jan Smith – SOMOS Bookstore
Read more: Jan Smith – SOMOS BookstoreJan Smith has an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, was the curator of the SOMOS Summer/Winter Writers Series from 2009-2015, and is currently the Executive Director of SOMOS(since 2014). She is a 2012 recipient of an award from Southwest Writers for her short story, “Breasts,” …
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Martha Cinader, Author, Performance Artist
Read more: Martha Cinader, Author, Performance ArtistMartha Cinader is a poet and author living in Harlem, NY. Her young adult novel, Marq and the Queen Fish, is forthcoming in 2026 from Atmosphere Press. Cinader is the founder and Director of the Listen & Be Heard Network, where she hosts and produces The Listen & Be Heard Hour, and Beyond Borders, both non-commercial podcasts and syndicated radio shows…
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Matthew Shipp – Pianist, Author
Read more: Matthew Shipp – Pianist, AuthorWith a unique, instantly recognizable style, pianist Matthew Shipp has been active on the international jazz scene since late 1980s. His boundary-less musical approach crisscrosses free jazz, elliptical post-bop, and modern classical music. He served as pianist in the David S. Ware Quartet during the early ’90s before leading his own dates and recording duos with a…
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Richard Clements – Pianist, V.P. & Founder, Barry Harris Institute of Jazz
Read more: Richard Clements – Pianist, V.P. & Founder, Barry Harris Institute of JazzRichard Clements is a pianist. In the 1970’s Richard played in various R & B bands in the northern California area. In the early 1980’s, he moved to New York City to pursue his Jazz studies with Jazz master pianist Barry Harris. Richard has worked with Clifford Jordan, Abby Lincoln, Leon Thomas, Charlie Persip and His…
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Suzette Clark Bradshaw – Poet, Sculptor
Read more: Suzette Clark Bradshaw – Poet, SculptorSuzette Clark Bradshaw from western North Carolina, is a self-taught poet and sculptress. Her poems have appeared in Dead Mule, Branches, Women Speak, and more.
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Tony Robles – Poet, Author
Read more: Tony Robles – Poet, AuthorTony Robles, “The People’s Poet” was born in San Francisco and is the nephew of Filipino-American poet, historian and social justice activist Al Robles. He was a shortlist nominee for poet laureate of San Francisco in 2017 and the recipient of the San Francisco Art Commission individual literary artist grant in 2018. His two books…
FEATURED BOOKS
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Billy Mills, Donna Janell Bowman – Wings of an Eagle: The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills
Read more: Billy Mills, Donna Janell Bowman – Wings of an Eagle: The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy MillsThis autobiographical retelling of Billy Mills’ journeys from being an orphan on Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation to his Gold Medal Win in the 10,000-meter race of the 1964 Toyoko Olympics. Inspired by this father’s words “the pursuit of a dream will heal you”, Billy was able to overcome poverty, racism, and severe health challenges to reach his goal and heal his heart.
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Donna Janell Bowman – Abraham Lincoln’s Dueling Words
Read more: Donna Janell Bowman – Abraham Lincoln’s Dueling WordsLong before he was our beloved 16th president, Abraham Lincoln was known for his smarts and his knee-slapping humor. In 1842, his humorous writing style got him into a heap of trouble. When he clashed with his political rival, James Shields, Lincoln came up with a rascally mudslinging plan.
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Donna Janell Bowman – Step Right Up, How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness
Read more: Donna Janell Bowman – Step Right Up, How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About KindnessThe 19th century was a brutal time for animals, but William “Doc” Key, a formerly-enslaved, self-taught veterinarian and entrepreneur, believed that kindness was more powerful than cruelty. He determined to prove it by using only kindness and patience to “educate” a once-sickly and crooked-legged colt born in 1889.
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Dorsía Smith Silva – In Inheritance of Drowning
Read more: Dorsía Smith Silva – In Inheritance of DrowningIn this striking debut, Dorsía Smith Silva explores the devastating effects of Hurricane María in Puerto Rico, highlighting the natural world, the lasting impact of hurricanes, and the marginalization of Puerto Ricans. These poems also focus on the multiple sites of oppression in the United States, especially the racial, social, and political injustices that occur…
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Dreamscape, Real Dreams Really Make a Difference
Read more: Dreamscape, Real Dreams Really Make a DifferenceA collection of biographical stories and poems about fascinating people in history whose real dreams made a real difference. Developed in performance, these stories bring old tales to life for contemporary readers in a way that is both entertaining and informative.
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Eileen R. Tabios – The Balikbayan Artist
Read more: Eileen R. Tabios – The Balikbayan ArtistThe Balikbayan Artist– inspired by and dedicated to Venancio C. Igarta (1912- 2000), the real-life leading artist of the Manong Generation–
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Eileen R. Tabios – The Inventor, A Poet’s Transcolonial Autobiography
Read more: Eileen R. Tabios – The Inventor, A Poet’s Transcolonial AutobiographyEileen R. Tabios says, “Poetry is a decolonized language.” She proves it through her autobiography that begins with her first book that she wrote as a 2-3-year-old toddler and focuses on her poetry inventions: the hay(na)ku, the Murder Death Resurrection Poetry Generator, and the Flooid. This is a unique and thought-provoking autobiography by a poet…
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Kellie Richardson – The Art of Naming My Pain
Read more: Kellie Richardson – The Art of Naming My PainThe Art of Naming My Pain, 2nd Edition, features a new preface by artist and poet Kellie Richardson, as well as new artwork on the interior and exterior of the book. These new components root us in a deeper understanding, and witnessing, of Richardson’s lived experiences. In an era of highly curated personas and unrealistic…
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Laura Lengnick – Resilient Agriculture
Read more: Laura Lengnick – Resilient AgricultureReal world stories from the frontlines of climate change, resilience, and the future of food. CLIMATE CHANGE PRESENTS an unprecedented challenge to food and farming in the U.S. and beyond. Damaging weather variability and extremes capture the headlines, but more subtle changes caused by hotter summer nights, warmer winters, and a longer growing season have…
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Matthew Shipp -Black Mystery School Pianists
Read more: Matthew Shipp -Black Mystery School PianistsBlack Mystery School Pianists and Other Writings is a collection of essays and prose poems from acclaimed pianist and visionary Matthew Shipp. Downbeat magazine has described Shipp as “the connection between the past, present and future for jazzheads of all ages”
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Meredith Leigh – The Ethical Meat Handbook
Read more: Meredith Leigh – The Ethical Meat HandbookEthical Meat is meat from an animal that had a good life, a good death, a good butcher, and a good cook. Ethical Meat is a movement that seeks to repair entire regional meat supply chains, and much work is underway by brave hardworking farmers, butchers, processors, chefs and cooks. Working to create the capacity…
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Peter Jamero — Growing Up Brown
Read more: Peter Jamero — Growing Up BrownPeter Jamero’s story of hardship and success illuminates the experience of the “bridge generation,” the American-born children of Filipinos farm workers in the 1920s and 30s, as they confronted racism, poverty, and eventual triumph.
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Po’azz Yo’azz – Living It!
Read more: Po’azz Yo’azz – Living It!Living It! is Martha Cinader’s debut as the producer of her own album, and features an eclectic array of arrangements and musical styles. It was recorded in part in a studio in New York City, part in a studio in Hamburg, and part live at the Mojo Club in Hamburg, throw in some bonus tracks…
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Precedented Parroting – Barbara Tran
Read more: Precedented Parroting – Barbara TranOpening with an exit, the poems in Precedented Parroting accept no assumptions. With the determination and curiosity of a problem-solving crow, this expansive debut plumbs personal archives and traverses the natural world, endeavouring to shake the tight cage of stereotypes, Asian and avian.
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Tony Robles – Where the Warehouse Things Are
Read more: Tony Robles – Where the Warehouse Things AreIn this remarkable collection, Tony Robles transforms a bright-lit warehouse into a psychic landscape to illuminate one man’s efforts to reassemble a broken life. Where the Warehouse Things Are gives the satisfaction of a book of poetry as well as a novelistic sense of a place and its inhabitants fully rendered. — Ron Rash, author…
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