No guest this week as we celebrate the holidays with family, however we have produced a Chapter Break (a pause between Chapter numbers) that includes a collection of spoken word performances by a number of our favorite Performance Poets. Happy holidays! Featured Spoken Word Performances this week include: Candace Nicholas-Lippman – Ten IG: @candace.nicholas.lippman X:…

In Volume Four Chapter Nineteen, we welcome Poet, Actress, performance Poet, and Author of the books “More Than Me” and “A Cup of Me”, Leslie Saint-Julien. Leslie also stars as Janae McRae in the movie “Men Dont Cheat” currently available on YouTube and Amazon Prime. From Leslie’s “About Me” page: “Leslie holds a Bachelor of…

In Volume Four: Chapter Eighteen we welcome Teaching Artist, Poet, Actress, Podcaster, and Author of the award-winning book “Still Laughin”, Dara Kalima. Contact Dara: IG: @darakalima Website: darakalima.com X: @kaliskorner Dara’s Podcast: On Behalf Of Purchase Dara’s Book: Still Laughin’ Recorded Spoken Word Performances featured in this Chapter Included: Alyeshia Wise – The Interview IG: @alyeshiawise X: @mswise…

Its the return of The Podcast and in it we welcome Educator, Poet, Spoken Word Artist, and Author of the poetry collection “This is Not a Poem”, Crystal Stone. From crystalbstone.com: Crystal Stone is author of six collections of poetry including Knock-Off Monarch (2019), All the Places I Wish I Died(2021), Gym Bras(2022), Civic Duty…

In Volume Four: Chapter Sixteen, we welcome back to the program Teaching Artist, Poet, Spoken Word Artist, and Author of the new book Mouths of Garden, friend of The Podcast Barbara Fant. Connect with Barbara: Twitter: @bloombarbfant Website: barbarafant.com IG: @bloombarbfant Recorded spoken word performances in this Chapter include: Brandon Alexander Williams: Black Women Studies…

In Volume Four: Chapter Fifteen, we welcome Teaching Artist, Poet, Host of the podcast The Word Trap, Writer, and Author of the poetry collection “Rotten Soup”, Zulmie Da Poet. Zulmie was born in New York and completed her undergraduate degree at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts in History Liberal…

In Volume Four: Chapter Fourteen, we welcome Teaching Artist, Poet, Performance Poet, Writer, Advocate, Author of the poetry collection Carnival, and co-founder of the Spoken Lit Movement, a Los Angeles-based arts organization designed to uplift and support poets both in and out of  L.A. , Alyesha Wise. Alyesha is a published poet and TEDx speaker…

In Volume Four: Chapter Thirteen, we welcome teaching Artist, Poet, Performance Poet, Writer, Advocate, and Author of the upcoming poetry collection Refuse To Disappear, Dr. Tara Betts. Kankakee, IL born and Chicago-based Dr. Betts is the Author of two full-length poetry collections Arc and Hue and Break the Habit, and has published a number of…

In Volume Four: Chapter Twelve, we welcome North Carolina-based Poet, Writer, Life Coach, Animal Advocate, and Entrepreneur, Jolanda Malone. Jolanda’s non-profit organization Beartha was founded in January 2001 and named in honor of her grandmother Bertha. She says of living with her grandmother “growing up in the South Bronx we lived in a house that…

In Volume Four: Chapter Eleven, we welcome Poet, Spoken Word Artist, Author of the Chapbook Sprig of Lilac, Kelsey Bigelow. Her debut spoken word album Depression Holders and Secret Keepers is available now via all streaming platforms and via her website. Kelsey Bigelow is based in Des Moines. She aims to be the motivator and…