Special Guest: Sarah Jones
Kurt Andersen and poet and playwright Sarah Jones talk about how artists identify with their subjects.
Sarah Jones is a poet, spoken word performer, actor and playwright. She’s performed her award-winning solo shows Surface Transit and Women Can’t Wait around the world, including at the UN’s International Conference on Women’s Rights in 2000. Her newest show, Waking the American Dream, focuses on immigrant rights. Jones continues to fight the FCC on its censorship of her celebrated, anti-misogynist poem/song, Your Revolution.
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