Tag: Diversity & Inclusion

The FEMININE PRONOUN Series: “Inaugural Episode”

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This is the first  of my “Feminine Pronoun” series where I take you with me around the St. Louis metropolitan area as I mother, teach, write, perform,  support the arts and other artists (especially artists of color and women), and generally try to move through the world doing no harm.  ...

The FEMININE PRONOUN SERIES #2: Traveling Through Illinois to Read My Poetry

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#2 in the FEMININE PRONOUN Series. This video is about Traveling Through Illinois to Read My Poetry. I am listed with Illinois Humanities as a “Road Scholar.” My book is available at via Argus House Press.      

The FEMININE PRONOUN Series #3 Do Catholics Do it Better?

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Do Catholic Universities host poets better?  Well, they do very well, thank you:)  In this episode I read at Lewis University near Chicago, and share my “unlit bomb” philosophy.  It’s #blackgirlmagic and some #blackboysorcery on full display!    

The FEMININE PRONOUN Series #5 She Gets It From Her Daddy!

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  I didn’t come up with this art centered life in a vacuum.  My dad Eugene B. Redmond, is poet laureate of East St. Louis, Illinois and the best man I know:)  Follow us around the St. Louis metropolitan as he accepts an ARCUS award, and we support other artists whom we love!

The FEMININE PRONOUN Series #6 “The World is Too Much With Me”

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Follow me from my family’s Friday fish fry, to my writing classroom, and into the metropolitan (East of St. Louis).  Why does my neighbor fly a confederate flag? Did his trailer come with a free one?  How does my dad continue to be so awesome?  These and many other questions are answered in ep...

The FEMININE PRONOUN SERIES #7 That Moment You Feel the Bern

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In this episode I speak pointedly about sexualized violence.  I spend some time with the Yeyo Arts collective, a woman centered space in St. Louis.  Later, I come to grips with my leap from the H. Clinton camp.  Thankfully my 15 year old son is there to hear me out.  I won’t give it all […]...