About this episode

Randall Horton introduces poetry and music from youth writers and performers at a detention center in Birmingham, Alabama.

Radical Reversal is a program that installs performance and recording spaces in detention centers and correctional facilities where they conduct poetry workshops, seminars in music and music production, readings, and performances. Following up on a bonus episode from April 2023, Radical Reversal co-founder Randall Horton introduces us to poetry and music from five youth writers and performers at Jefferson County Youth Detention Center in Birmingham, Alabama. To watch readings by poets who...

People in this episode

Guest: Randall Horton

Topics covered

• poetry
• music
• youth performance
• detention centers
• workshops

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jefferson County Youth Detention Center

Places: Birmingham, Alabama

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