Gregory Pickett - Ain't Nobody Hiring Poets
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Monday, March 23, 2009
IndieFeed : Performance Poetry - March 2009
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Gregory Pickett - Ain't Nobody Hiring Poets
Show Number 522.
Contact Mongo, your show host!
Gregory Pickett - Ain't Nobody Hiring Poets
Show Number 522.
Contact Mongo, your show host!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
MEDILL REPORTS CHICAGO - MARCH 2009
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Pickett jokingly posed for this picture several years ago. He now books poetry gigs from a Chicago homeless shelter.
by Victoria Fine
Pickett jokingly posed for this picture several years ago. He now books poetry gigs from a Chicago homeless shelter.
Will perform poetry for food
by Victoria Fine
March 05, 2009
Poet Gregory Pickett started the new year at a homeless shelter in Wrigleyville. But losing his job, his apartment, and spending a brief stint sleeping on el trains has had an odd side-benefit, Pickett says. His poetry is getting better, and he's finally finding some of the success he's sought for the last 10 years.
Listen to the audio to hear Pickett's story.
(Music courtesy of Incompetech)
CLICK ON LINK BELOW TO LISTEN TO GREGORY'S INTERVIEW!
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=119947
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