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Tuesday, April 28, 2020: Avril Lavigne, A. F. Moritz and more

Today on q: singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, Toronto's poet laureate A. F. Moritz, comedian Amber Ruffin, poet Kwame Alexander.
Tom Power is the host of CBC Radio’s q. (Dustin Rabin)

Today on q, with host Tom Power:

  • Avril Lavigne talks about her decision to re-record and retitle her song Warrior to honour the frontline workers battling COVID-19. 

  • Toronto's poet laureate, A. F. Moritz, reads his poem, Thoughts in Time of Plague, which documents life in the city in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Comedian Amber Ruffin talks about her latest project, a new Audible Original comedy series called Escape from Virtual Island, and also shares a little about what she's working on next.

  • Poet Kwame Alexander discusses his YA book Swing, and performs a few pieces from it for us.

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