Hearing Language: Focus on Ruth Forman

In this first video, poet Ruth Forman discusses the power of language and performs poetry from Prayers Like Stones and offers advice to the writer.



In the next video, Ruth performs May Peace Come (2009).



In this video, Ruth performs Stoplight Politics.




In the last video, Sandra Roberts reads Ruth Forman's children's picture book, Young Cornrows Callin' Out the Moon which is set in South Philly.

Forman, Ruth, & Cbabi Bayoc (Illus.). (2007). Young cornrows callin out the moon. San Francisco, CA: Children’s Book Press. 





This is an audio of Ruth Forman reading the book and NPR interview (link).