In her poem, “13 Ways of Looking at a Black Girl,” Morgan Parker recounts — in an almost propulsive series of eruptions — images associated with black girls. The poem begins with the phrase “at risk,“ and ends with the word “lost.“ Parker names two enslaved ancestors — Sally Hem...

**For Immediate Release** **Dr. Treasure Shields Redmond Appointed as SIUE Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow** **[Edwardsville, Illinois] – [June 17, 2024]** – Dr. Treasure Shields Redmond, an esteemed poet, professor, and community arts organizer, has been appointed as the SIUE Chancellor�...

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This is the Re: Born Poetry reading series – @reborn.poetry.stl – on Cherokee Street! (2635 Cherokee Street, St. Louis, MO 63118) Looking for a cute Valentine’s “I-didn’t-forget!-See,-I-was-planning-this-all-along” date? Will you BE THERE? Join me for poems, dranks, and some of Cherok...

Wishing all of you a great Black History Month! I’ve already led a poetry workshop that was very special. If you look in the background of the photo below, you will see the poet Jericho Brown. I taught his poem “The Tradition” as part of an introduction to poetry workshop for YourWords STL. J...

My heart was full today because this was the first year BOTH of my children were at a maturity level where BOTH their gifts were individually purchased and I could tell BOTH had put real thought into their gifts. My daughter bought me this: Medieval Traditional Initial Alphabet Wax Seal Stamp and...

Womanist/Feminist Approaches To Community Archives And Memory Keeping ___ Join me for this INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY ARCHIVES Learning Experience. An intensive accessible for all learning levels specific to what community archiving is and some fun ways to preserve history. ___ What topics will be...

In this presentation, I show educators how to use art in their classroom to increase engagement, deepen connection, and extend learning. HANDOUT: http://femininepronoun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/My-Life-In-Songs.pdf JAMBOARD LINK: https://jamboard.google.com/d/1p1D9luqgM8sYNqigxh535rQcyRQ66D...

In my work as a poet, and more specifically a poet whose work centers the ancestral, it has been an especially fruitful season. Two events have provided an opportunity for me to engage with community as a poet and to place the ancestral front and center. I delivered my poem about our brave enslav...