/tags/shirley-leflore Shirley LeFlore en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Fri, 28 Dec 2018 21:03:01 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-12-28/st-louis-first-poet-laureate-michael-castro-passes-at-age-73 Updated 3:00 p.m., Dec. 28, with "St. Louis on the Air" segment – When Michael Castro spoke in the City Hall Rotunda last month to pass the St. Louis poet… Fri, 28 Dec 2018 21:03:01 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-12-28/st-louis-first-poet-laureate-michael-castro-passes-at-age-73 /arts/2018-11-09/performing-artist-writer-and-educator-shirley-leflore-is-new-st-louis-poet-laureate There was more than a year of back-and-forth about who should succeed St. Louis’ inaugural Poet Laureate Michael Castro. But the moral of this story is… Fri, 09 Nov 2018 20:03:38 GMT /arts/2018-11-09/performing-artist-writer-and-educator-shirley-leflore-is-new-st-louis-poet-laureate Kenya Vaughn /arts/2014-12-10/poet-laureate-nominee-michael-castro-says-words-can-help-heal-st-louis Updated to include Michael Castro's poetry and interview audio, and reaction from poet Shirley Bradford LeFlore.Except for dotting the “i’s” and crossing… Thu, 11 Dec 2014 05:30:55 GMT /arts/2014-12-10/poet-laureate-nominee-michael-castro-says-words-can-help-heal-st-louis Nancy Fowler /arts/2013-07-30/take-5-shirley-bradley-leflore-st-louis-poet-and-oral-performer-on-new-book-of-poems This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 30, 2013: In her poems, Shirley Bradley LeFlore tells stories; and often, those stories are… Tue, 30 Jul 2013 20:10:33 GMT /arts/2013-07-30/take-5-shirley-bradley-leflore-st-louis-poet-and-oral-performer-on-new-book-of-poems Kristen Hare