Sunday Live Host Brad Wetzler

Today, I woke up and re-listened to President-Elect Joe Biden’s speech from last night. I was struck by how reasonable and measured he sounded. How open he is to listening to and leading all Americans. How ready he is to be the facilitator-in-chief of real healing. At first, his words and measured tone sounded radical. And given these polarized times, they are. Until healing happens, kindness, acceptance, open-heartedness will likely continue to seem to be radical ideas. Given this extraordinary moment, it seems fitting that our guest tonight on Writing for Peace Sunday LIVE is poet Ashley M. Jones. Her poems embody her love for the people of this country–North, South, East, West–as much as they are spirited calls for change, growth, and healing. A black American, a native of Alabama, Ashley is a bright, bright light who is not afraid to shine on darker places, whether within herself or at the systemically racist parts of her native South and the whole of America. I hope you’ll join me tonight at 8 pm ET, 5 pm PT for a reading of poems and a lively discussion about art, politics, the power of words, love, and more.