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For this episode, Brittany and Ajanae had the privilege of talking with Yona Harvey and Mahogany Browne LIVE at Furious Flower 2024! Join them as they discuss the importance of community spaces, what they’ve learned from sistering and being sistered, finding affirmation in each other’s poetry, the process of shifting genres, navigating the tension between public personas and interior lives, and the misperception of being mean. Until Next Time:Here are some pieces of media to accompany your experience of the episode and a writing prompt to tide you over until we meet again! Mahogany Fannie Lou Hamer: Fannie Lou Hamer's Powerful Testimony | Freedom Summer Sonia Sanchez: A Word with Sister Sonia Sanchez | Wildest Dreams June Jordan: I Must Become a Menace to My Enemies by June Jordan - Poems | Academy of American Poets Yona Sister: sisters | The Poetry Foundation Mary Lou Williams: Introducing...Mary Lou Williams Sonia Sanchez: Sonia Sanchez - Poem for Some Women - live @ Def Poetry Writing Prompt:
Write a poem in response to a poem that affirms you. |