'Blue Dementia' with Yusef Komunyakaa
- Producing Organization
- KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio
- Contributing Organization
- KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio (Seattle, Washington)
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- cpb-aacip/358-83xsjjxd
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- Description
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- Jazz saxophone player Lucky Thompson was a major jazz musician in the 1950s and 60s, but he eventually left the industry bitter about persistent racial inequalities. He spent the last years of his life here in Seattle, homeless for much of the time, suffering from dementia and dying in 2005. Lucky makes an appearance on Yusef Komunyakaa's poem "Blue Dementia." Komunyakaa has written more than a dozen books of poetry and prose, including "Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems," which was awarded the Pulitzer prize. He is the co–editor of two anthologies of jazz poetry. His most recent collection is "Warhorses," published in 2008.
- Asset type
- Program
- Genres
- News
- Topics
- News
- Subjects
- poetry, literature, books, Yusef Komunyakaa, lucky thompson, jazz, elizabeth austen
- Rights
- 2011 KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio
- Media type
- Sound
- Credits
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Copyright Holder: KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio
Producer: Elizabeth Austen
Producing Organization: KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio
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KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio
Identifier: 20090831ELIZABETHAUSTEN (File name)
Format: audio/vnd.wave
Generation: Original
Duration: 00:06:03
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- Citations
- Chicago: “'Blue Dementia' with Yusef Komunyakaa,” KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 10, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-358-83xsjjxd.
- MLA: “'Blue Dementia' with Yusef Komunyakaa.” KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 10, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-358-83xsjjxd>.
- APA: 'Blue Dementia' with Yusef Komunyakaa. Boston, MA: KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-358-83xsjjxd