Writing and Teaching in a Time of Crisis with Kay Ulanday Barrett
Kay Ulanday Barrett describes June Jordan’s legacy and their mission as “a transgender brown poet and educator to imagine beyond hazardous constraints of binaries.”
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Take Five: J. Mae Barizo on Self, Authenticity & Identity
Posted Mar 22, 2019
Six-week workshop instructor J. Mae Barizo discusses “the power of poetry to cross borders, provoke, instigate, transform the world into a better place” and other topics.
Audio Roundup: Black Poets Honoring Black Poets
By Suzanne Wise, Staff Writer
Posted Feb 19, 2019
A gathering of highlights from our audio archives, featuring prominent black poets discussing the work and legacy of other influential black writers.
Audio Roundup: Defying Borders and Celebrating Legacies
Posted Dec 19, 2018
Listen to readings by Marilyn Chin and the Iowa International Writing Program; conversations on Dick Higgins, Robert Lax, and the Polish epic; and a tribute to John Yau!
Writing and Teaching in a Time of Crisis: Lessons from June Jordan
By Donna Masini
Posted Nov 29, 2018
Inspired by June Jordan, Donna Masini calls for the integration of writing with activism, personal life, and the “moral imagination.”