Ned Rorem: The Contentious Union of Music and Literature"A song is a bastard," Ned Rorem said in 1998. "It is uniting two art forms that did not ask to be forced together."
Bob Kaufman: The Enigmatic Beat Poet"Remembrances, essays, and tributes by and about the man credited with coining the term 'beatnik' are scattershot through Beat histories and memoirs."
Sekou Sundiata: Defying Labels"It's damn near impossible to understand what contemporary black poets are doing without understanding what's going on with black music."
Bob Dylan: "I'm a poet, and I know it""Anything I can sing, I call a song. Anything I can't sing, I call a poem."
Yusef Komunyakaa: An Argument Against Simplicity"Song lyrics brought me to the power of words," Komunyakaa said, "the songs taught me to listen."
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