How do you practice self-care when writing about difficult subject matters? What brings you joy? I think I am very gentle with myself—sometimes at the...
Archive for tag: poetry
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Dorothy Chan
How does performance fit into your writing? I’m not a “theatrical” performer when it comes to my poetry readings, but my readings do have a...
Poetry As Offering: To Practice In Poetry & Live In The Body-Mind
Chicago is my hometown, I grew up here as a poor brown queer awkward butch girl, and snuck into open mics at Aloha Café to...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Tiffany Wu
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 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,...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Sakinah Hofler
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 3 — Nkosi Nkululeko
How does performance fit into your writing? If we’re talking about “performance poetry” then my physical reincarnation of a poetic memory has dwindled. I’m not...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Kwame Opoku-Duku
What advice do you have for young and emerging writers, particularly of marginalized identities? What’s the best advice you’ve ever received? I think there’s so...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Hazem Fahmy
Do you feel that your writing is assumed to be autobiographical? How do you feel about this assumption? Does memoir play a role in your...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Tiana Clark
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...