s2e11 Latasha Diggs Preaches Poetry
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s2e11
April 4, 2024
Martha speaks with Latasha Diggs author of her mind bending book of poetry, Village, talks about her process and her reads her five-part poem, Kombucha. In the second part of the hour, Amber Rose Crowtree reads from her chapbook Harboring the Imperfect, and a poem submitted by Ameera Shabazz. Martha revisits her journey to publication, reading some of her query letter and unpublished novel.
HOST: Martha Cinader. GUEST: Latasha Diggs, ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: DJ Jeannie Hopper. EDITING: Jeremiah Cothren. MUSIC: Jay Rodriguez Sierra. Banned Book Theme by DJ Jeannie Hopper with the voice and words of Yvette Murray.
Poetry written and performed by Latasha Diggs
Sound Design and Production by Jeannie Hopper
Samples and Sound Effects under creative commons license sourced from the Free Music Archive and FreeSound.org. Goto ListenandBeHeard.net for the full list of credits.
Music Samples: Issue Project Room: Meditation on Wage Labor and the Death of the Album by Terre Thaemlitz; Excerpt II by John Moran + Saori Podington Bear: Into the Unkown, Scrubbing Bubbles, Re-Joyce, Curious Jungle, Courtesy of Sound Samples: Filing Nails by emmalyons1 Splash by jfishsom Railroad Crossing Signal by ninebilly Massage by 14g panska kristofova krystyna
GUESTS
Latasha Nevada Diggs
A writer, vocalist and performance/sound artist, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs is the author of TwERK (Belladonna, 2013). Diggs has presented and performed at California Institute of the Arts, El Museo del Barrio, The Museum of Modern Art, and Walker Art Center and at festivals including: Explore the North Festival, Leeuwarden, Netherlands; Hekayeh Festival, Abu Dhabi; International Poetry Festival of Copenhagen; Ocean Space, Venice; International Poetry Festival of Romania; Question of Will, Slovakia; Poesiefestival, Berlin; and the 2015 Venice Biennale. She lives in Harlem and teaches part-time at Brooklyn College and Stetson University.
FEATURED BOOKS
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VILLAGE
In propulsive and formally inventive verse, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs examines how trauma reshapes lineage, language, and choice, disrupting attempts at reconciliation across generations. Questioning who is deemed worthy of public memorialization, Diggs raises new monuments, tears down classist tropes, offers detailed instructions for her own international funeral celebrations, and makes visible the hidden labors…
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Harboring the Imperfect
From cover to cover, Amber Rose Crowtree’s spectacular debut chapbook is filled with stunning poetic talent. Her poems, while accessible, are equally profound in the hands of this gifted poet. The title poem, Harboring the Imperfect, tells us, “/spring outlasts us, weeping out these nights of ice. /” Beautiful lines like this abound in her collection,…
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Amber Rose Crowtree
Amber grew up on the coast of Downeast Maine. She currently lives in rural New Hampshire. She has authored two chapbooks: Harboring the Imperfect (Dancing Girl Press) and The Inviolable Hours (Finishing Line Press, 2021) in which her featured poem below appears and was first published by The Sailor’s Review, May 2022. Amber has received awards for her poetry and many of her poems have appeared in various literary journals.
Ameerah Shabazz-Bilal
Ameerah Shabazz-Bilal is an award winning poet from Newark, NJ. She is the 2021 recipient of the Maria Mazziotti Gillan Literary Service Award, the 2022 recipient of the Every Kinda Lady – ‘Her Story’ award for poetry and is a member of The Academy of American Poets. Ameerah has a unique talent for telling stories through poetry and Visual Arts. Ameerah Shabazz-Bilal is a Poet, Visual Artist, Teacher, Photographer and the founder/facilitator of – “When Women Speak” and “When People Speak”.
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