About This Episode: This is Part II of a two-part interview. In this episode of VIDA Voices and Views, Melissa Studdard interviews poet and filmmaker, Fatimah Asghar,...
Archive for tag: activism
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Hannah Rego
What has been left unsaid about the relationship between mental health and writing? Writing keeps me alive, yes, and writing makes it harder to live,...
News Flash: There’s No Central Office Called #MeToo
1 I’d already had a bad day when I read Daphne Merkin’s now-infamous Op-Ed in The New York Times, “Publicly, We Say #MeToo. Privately, We...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 – Cecelia Rose LaPointe
What do you have to say to those who would suggest your writing is too “intense” or “upsetting?” I say that they aren’t me and...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 — Cameron Awkward-Rich
What’s the earliest experience, or a stand-out experience, you can remember that made you realize that you can be yourself, write as yourself, and write...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 — Jericho Brown
What have you been reading, watching, or listening to lately? I’ve been falling in love with this poem all over again and the ways that...
Report from the Field: Embodied Writing Can Be Your New Activism
On Saturday, January 21, 2017, I discovered that my body is not made for protest marches. Since the election and the ensuing rhetoric coming from...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 — Henry Wei Leung
Do you think literature can influence social change, or reflect it? Or both? Are there any past or contemporary social movements that have affected your...
Body of a Poem: A Collection of Unfinished Statements
I felt sexy for the first time in a long time when I first wore a binder, like my body was finally something that belonged...
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