Who Are We, Really? The Five Questions Every College or University Should Ask Itself (PART TWO OF A FIVE PART SERIES)

Posted on May 13, 2016May 13, 2016 by treasureshieldsredmond

Support and love are interchangeable words. And like love, support is an action word. Love without action is empty. It’s just fondness. Or maybe the absence of intentional harm. To this end, many organizations think support means to have good thoughts about, or good feelings toward, or not to b...

The FEMININE PRONOUN Series #15: Poets are Witches

Posted on May 10, 2016 by treasureshieldsredmond

I flew to New England and read my work at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival. While there, I stayed in Salem, Massachusetts and read with two other sister poets and fellow Cave Canem alumnae, Jarita Davis and Antoinette Brim. Were we like a coven? Maybe. Check out this witchy episode where I cast ...

Are We Racist? The Five Questions Every College or University Should Ask Itself (A FIVE PART SERIES)

Posted on May 4, 2016May 25, 2016 by treasureshieldsredmond

I have taught at colleges and universities for 15 years — art schools, community colleges, universities, even college age students in a prison — and what I’ve come to realize is that the U.S. system of colleges and universities or “The Academy,” as we like to call it, operates as a citizen in...

The FEMININE PRONOUN Series #14: #blackpoetsspeakout

Posted on May 3, 2016 by treasureshieldsredmond

The #blackpoetsspeakout movement was started by Jericho Brown, Mahogany Brown, and Amanda Johnston in the wake of Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Missouri. This episode finds me traveling to participate in a #blackpoetsspeakout reading in Columbia, Missouri. The reading featured poets from the...

Top 5 Reasons Why I Prefer an Anti-racist ACCOMPLICE to an “Ally.”

Posted on April 27, 2016November 22, 2016 by treasureshieldsredmond

In this podcast I breakdown why anti-racist ACCOMPLICE is preferable to “ally.” I would love to hear your feedback! _________________________________________________________________________ Paulo Friere wrote, “Washing one’s hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless mea...

The FEMININE PRONOUN Series #13: The Kids Are Alright!

Posted on April 26, 2016 by treasureshieldsredmond

In this episode I prove that poetry works with seasoned adults, college aged readers and writers, and high school “novices.” I travel from Illinois’s capitol, where I read for the state legislators, and the Illinois Humanities administration, to McKendree University, and I end with the brillian...

The FEMININE PRONOUN Series #12: Black Avant Garde

Posted on April 19, 2016April 19, 2016 by treasureshieldsredmond

The Black Arts contains multitudes! Watch the diversity of expression as poets Francine J. Harris and Thylias Moss stretch the notion of a black poem all over the St. Louis Metro. I document the literary arts from Left Bank Books in the Central West End, to the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in Grand C...

Representation Matters

Posted on April 13, 2016April 13, 2016 by treasureshieldsredmond

I threw the bodiless blonde in the trunk of the car, hoping I’d disposed of it in such a way as to not draw attention to her abrupt disappearance. This was late night espionage. I drove around for days like this. I imagined her painted smile, and her pastel blue eyes with their fixed stare. […]...

The FEMININE PRONOUN Series #11: Black Books, Black Children, & Black Love

Posted on April 12, 2016April 12, 2016 by treasureshieldsredmond

This episode of The Feminine Pronoun youtube blog series finds me sharing the power and resonance of Fannie Lou Hamer with a population she loved — children. The EYESEEME bookstore (the only black children’s bookstore in St. Louis) provided a welcoming space for the inquisitive crew and their men...

The FEMININE PRONOUN Youtube Vlog #10: Black Poetry & Black Church

Posted on April 4, 2016 by treasureshieldsredmond

In this week’s episode of the Feminine Pronoun series, your intrepid poet (me:) signs books at New Life in Christ Interdenominational Church. I sold and signed copies of my book, *chop: a collection of kwansabas for fannie lou hammer*. It’s being carried in their book store, the LIFE CHANGER book...

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