“I Could Tell The Poem Was Black Over The Phone” Was A Success!

Posted on May 6, 2018July 20, 2018 by treasureshieldsredmond

I just wrapped a wonderful creative writing course through FLOW STL check out the work below! The Class Description: Using recordings spanning two centuries of Black women performing poetry, as well as research on sound theory, writers will engage in a creative writing workshop that centers sound...

How To Talk About Race, Class, Gender, and Ability

Posted on March 23, 2018July 20, 2018 by treasureshieldsredmond

Have you ever had your ant-racist beliefs questioned, and were unsure how to explain why you feel the way you do? Here’s a way to organize your thinking so you never have to feel “stumped” again. JOIN MY NEXT CREATIVE WRITING CLASS!

Poetry in Spaces of Recovery

Posted on November 3, 2017November 3, 2017 by treasureshieldsredmond

I love the photo above because you can’t tell which hand is mine. Just like if I was standing together with these women in the Magdalene house, a safe place for women recovering from addiction and a life in the sex trade, (whether being trafficked or deploying their labor in instances of surv...

The Black Skillet or How To Fund The Arts With Soul Food

Posted on November 3, 2017November 4, 2017 by treasureshieldsredmond

On September 16, 2017, from 6pm to 9pm at the Yeyo Arts Collective (2907 S Jefferson Ave, St. Louis, MO 63118), the Black Skillet Funders’ inaugural quarterly dinner happened. We served our favorite African, African-American, Black, and Southern traditional foods to members, artists and the pub...

The Birth of The Who Raised You? Podcast (Pt. 1)

Posted on August 14, 2017August 14, 2017 by treasureshieldsredmond

I’m launching a podcast with my friend Karen Yang! (Video Below) Here’s a bit more about it: Who Raised You? Podcast is a kitchen table conversation between Karen (Jia Lian) Yang and Treasure Shields Redmond. Karen (she/her/they) is a 26 year-old bisexual 2nd generation Taiwanese American and a t...

Why A Black Woman Named Fannie Lou Hamer Matters Now More Than Ever (BONUS: Audio!)

Posted on May 4, 2017May 4, 2017 by treasureshieldsredmond

Who was Fannie Lou Hamer? When one thinks of the millions of souls lost during the transatlantic slave trade, the missed potential immediately jumps to mind. All genocide robs us of the few geniuses that each culture produces. At the beginning of the previous century the pernicious system named...

TFW You Realize You’re In Love With Your Captor

Posted on March 16, 2017 by treasureshieldsredmond

Sometimes I feel as if black folk’s self-worth teeters on the impetuous and hateful razor’s edge of racist white institutions. Like the protagonist in Beauty and the Beast, we’ve fallen in love with our captor, and somehow it has become our responsibility to humanize him. I have now lived thr...

The Feminine Pronoun Series: “what It’s Like to be Bi-Municipal” (No. 36)

Posted on March 11, 2017 by treasureshieldsredmond

In 2009 I moved from Memphis to East St. Louis, Illinois. A year later I moved across the river to St. Louis, Missouri. Two years after that I moved BACK across the river to Illinois where I now reside. Throughout this process, I built relationships in the arts, education and activist arena on ...

The Feminine Pronoun Series: “Black” or “African American”? (No. 35)

Posted on February 23, 2017 by treasureshieldsredmond

As part of a creative diversity and inclusion workshop I facilitated at Lewis University, I asked people one question: “Which do you prefer? “Black” or “African American”? The responses were alternately surprising and soulful. They served as the centerpiece of the workshop, and they created a jum...

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