Connor and Jack are joined by special guest Dr. Len Lawson, co-editor of the new collection "The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry." just released from Blair Publishing. Together they discuss Lawson's poem "Amanda Waller Suite Episode 3: Amanda Waller Has a Woman-to-Woman with Harley Quinn." They discuss finding the complex human side of characters like Waller, the poem's resonance with Nikky Finney's Condoleezza suite, and how the collection "The Future of Black" came together.

Get a copy of "The Future of Black" here: https://www.blairpub.com/shop/the-future-of-black

Connor and Jack discuss a poem from Finney's Condoleezza Suite on Episode 73 of Close Talking: https://soundcloud.com/close-talking/episode-073-concerto-no-7-condoleezza-working-out-at-the-watergate-nikky-finney

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Episode #145 Episode 3: Amanda Waller Has a Woman-to-Woman with Harley Quinn w/Dr. Len Lawson

In 2022 Poetry Spoken Here celebrated its 200th episode. We had guests from across the United States and around the world. We also shared even more readings from the Unamuno Author Festival which took place in 2019. Guests you will hear on this episode include Ashley M. Jones, the first Black Poet Laureate of Alabama, Emmy Award-Winning Director Violet Du Feng, Polaris Award-Winning throat-singer, poet, and activist Tanya Tagaq and many, many more.

In order or appearance in the show:
Episode 181: Ashley M. Jones: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-180-ashley-m-jones-poet-laureate-of-alabama
Episode 182: Jonathan Mayers: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-182-jonathan-mayers-poet-laureate-of-baton-rouge-on-writing-in-english-and-kouri-vini
Episode 198: Marty Gervais https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-198-marty-gervais-first-poet-laureate-of-windsor-ontario-shares-tales-from-the-road
Episode 200: Tanya Tagaq: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-200-tanya-tagaq-reads-from-split-tooth
Episode 189: Wendy Hind: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-189-open-mic-of-the-air-11
Episode 190: Teresa Dzieglewicz: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-190-teresa-dzieglewicz-on-teaching-at-standing-rock 
Episode 195: Jim Cohn: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-195-jim-cohn-and-the-power-of-the-storm-anthology
Episode 204: Violet Du Feng: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-204-violet-du-feng-director-of-hidden-letters-on-the-secret-language-of-chinese-women
Episode 202: Aracelis Girmay: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-202-aracelis-girmay-reading-at-the-unamuno-author-festival

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Episode #206 2022: The Poetry Spoken Here Retrospective

This special tribute episode of Poetry Spoken Here is dedicated to the late Maria McCray, Vietnam War veteran, former U.S. Marine, and member of eight consecutive Chicago National Slam Teams. An historic recording of her reading for a live audience in 2000 and an interview with Poetry Spoken Here host, Charlie Rossiter, make this a podcast not to miss.

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Episode #058 Tribute to Maria "Mama" McCray

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