duration: 109min 40sec

This program was recorded live, the evening of 2010-Sep-17, at the Real Talk house, in northwest Chicago. Artists (in order of appearance):

• part 1 -
• Roger Bonair Agard - host
• J.W. Basilo - co-host (7min 25sec)
• Marty McConnell (11min 0sec)
• Tony Dennis (14min 20sec)
• Toni Asante-Lightfoot (17min 50sec)
• Lydia Merrill (23min 15sec)
• Nate Olesun (27min 30sec)
• Stevie Edwards (30min 45sec)
• Lauren Elaine (33min 50sec)
• The Gringo Choir - performance ensemble (37min 15sec)
• part 2 -
• Roger Bonair Agard (short set) (58min 10sec)
• Duriel Harris (65min 30sec)
• Krista Franklin - featured poet (70min 20sec)
• Ben Clark (98min 0sec)
• Emily Rose Kahn-Sheahan (100min 20sec)
• Avery Young - encore performance poet (103min 0sec), accompanied by Shariff Mohammed

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