Nearing the one year birthday of I Wore My Blackest Hair, I was drawn to revisiting this collection of poems. I’m really excited by first...
Archive for tag: poetry
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Jess Rizkallah
Has 2018 been different for you than other years? It has, but if it weren’t I think that would be concerning. For so long I...
Fatimah Asghar – VIDA Voices & Views Interview (Part II)
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,...
Made of Warring Parts: An Interview with Linette Reeman & torrin a. greathouse
Sarah Clark: Both of your chapbooks are so viscerally about the body. Can you tell me how you conceptualize of bodies, in a broader sense,...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Zaina Alsous
What have you been reading, watching, or listening to lately? What new or emerging writer do you want the world to know about? Who would...
VIDA Reviews! Inside Me an Island, by Lehua M. Taitano
“Who but a horizon so keenly feels how we are kept at each other’s distance?” asks writer and interdisciplinary artist Lehua M. Taitano in the...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Jacqui Germain
How do you practice self-care when writing about a difficult subject matter? What brings you joy? I’ll answer the question about joy first: laughing. Laughing...
Body of a Poem: Multiple Voices
Writing about identity is a pressure for me as a person of color, a queer person, and a queer person of color. So often it...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Raquel Salas Rivera
How do you practice self-care when writing about a difficult subject matter? What brings you joy? This has been a question I’ve had on my...