When I was leading anti-bias retreats at the University of Richmond, I also founded a campus-wide book discussion series focused on justice issues. One year,...
Archive for tag: police brutality
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 — Destiny O. Birdsong
We’re living in a police/surveillance state. How has this affected your approach toward poetry, art, persona, and personal presence? As a person of color, my...
Compassionate Curating: Creating Black Intentional Literary Spaces
I will always remember this past summer as one riddled with Black death. I was living in isolation at the time, with my parents in...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Rachel Eliza Griffiths
What have you been reading, watching, or listening to lately? What new or emerging writer do you want the world to know about? I’m rereading...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Amber Atiya
How do you practice self-care when writing about difficult subject matter? I listen to songs for the Orishas, Minnie Riperton, Stevie Wonder. Or I sit...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Lauren Russell
What do you think is the most significant impact social media has had on the poetry world recently? At the same time that social media...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Phillip B. Williams
Do you feel that your writing is necessarily assumed to be autobiographical? How do you feel about this assumption? I think there is an assumption...