Cherapy: Poet Casting Call

Snap INTO it, girlarina! The queens re-cast Cher movies with poets.

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SHOW NOTES:

Read Patricia Smith's "Incendiary Art."

Here's Cher's cover of “Shoop Shoop (It's in His Kiss)." And here's Merry Clayton's version.

Cher starred in the movie Mask, which was released in 1985. Mask won the Academy Award for Best Makeup at the 58th ceremony, while Cher and Stoltz received Golden Globe Award nominations for their performances. Watch the scene where Rusty Dennis (Cher) barges into a high school to fight for her son. The director, when asked a question about the most difficult actor he'd worked with, replied it was Cher.

If you haven't read Mary Oliver's "The Summer Day," go here.

For more about the Future Library, read an article here. 

One of Jorie Graham's poems that make James cry is "At Luca Signorelli's Resurrection of the Body." 

Read Marie Ponsot's poem "Language Acquisition"

You can read Jericho Brown's iconic poem "Track 5: Summertime" here. Or watch a video of him reading it here.

Here's the trailer for The Witches of Eastwick, which is also a 1984 novel by John Updike.

Read Sandra Beasley's blog here. Listen to Beasley read her poem "Peaches" (first published in Cherry Tree).

Read more about Rigoberto González here.

 Cher was just inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Watch her induction speech and a live performance of "Believe" here.