Interview: Ken Hada

About this episode

Aubrey Green interviews poet Ken Hada about his experiences in education and the importance of engaging with an audience.

In this episode of eMerge Unchained, host Aubrey Green sits down with poet and longtime educator Ken Hada for a conversation shaped by four decades in the classroom. With a firm belief that there’s no such thing as passive learning, Ken reflects on the energy of an engaged audience—whether he’s teaching or reading his work—and what it means to “dance” with the audience. They talk about finding and owning your voice, not just in performance, but on the page, where it really matters. Ken shares...

People in this episode

Host: Aubrey Green

Guest: Ken Hada

Topics covered

• poetry
• education
• performance
• voice
• engagement

Keywords

• poet
• education
• audience engagement
• voice
• performance

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Organizations: eMerge Unchained

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