Oct 2, 2026 · 47 min · 13 segments
What can a love of reading make possible? Anything! This week, we welcome Kwame Alexander, poet, educator, Emmy Award-winning producer and #1 New York Times bestselling author of 47 books, including…
Well,
hey, my friend, Lori, how are you? Jamie, good to hear you again.
Good to hear you.
Actually, I get to see you and really exciting.
My friend got to visit me this summer and I have had the most magical summer.
Just, I cannot believe summer's almost over though.
I know, but we're both getting ready to leave the country like next week.
You're going to England.
So I'm going
to go teach in England.
Cannot wait.
My first international retreat over there.
And I'm so excited.
Actually, I'm doing it with Jan Ford, who we interviewed a little earlier.
She was amazing.
That's great.
And
And it's a little retreat I kind of created for a couple of my friends who are widows.
I promised their husbands to travel and be creative.
So we created
this for them.
So special.
Well,
hey, my friend, Lori, how are you? Jamie, good to hear you again.
Good to hear you.
Actually, I get to see you and really exciting.
My friend got to visit me this summer and I have had the most magical summer.
Just, I cannot believe summer's almost over though.
I know, but we're both getting ready to leave the country like next week.
You're going to England.
So I'm going
to go teach in England.
Cannot wait.
My first international retreat over there.
And I'm so excited.
Actually, I'm doing it with Jan Ford, who we interviewed a little earlier.
She was amazing.
That's great.
And
And it's a little retreat I kind of created for a couple of my friends who are widows.
I promised their husbands to travel and be creative.
So we created
this for them.
So special.
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