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 chapbooks including Switch, Can I Hang, and Circling Unexpectedly. Dr. Betts received her BA in communications from Loyola University, her MFA in creative writing from New England College, and her PhD in English/Creative Writing from Binghamton University. Her newest full-length poetry collection Refuse to Disappear will be released this June via Word Works Books

Connect with Tara:
Twitter: @tarabetts
IG: @chitownbetts

Recorded spoken word performances in this Chapter include:

Meccamorphosis: Penny Dreadfuls
IG: @meccamorphosis
Website: meccamorphosis.com
Twitter: @meccaverdell

Asis Sampson: 90’s Love
IG: @theasiaproject
Twitter: @theasiaproject
Website: theasiaproject.com

Dua Saleh : Pins and Needles
IG: @doitlikedua
Website: duasaleh.com
Twitter: @doitlikedua

Javon Johnson: Black and happy
IG: @javonism
Twitter: @javonism

Aman Batra: Ikea
IG: @amankbatra
Twitter: @amankbatra
Website: amankbatra.com

Connect with, then listen and subscribe to the following podcasts we recommend:

The Words I Never Said podcast
IG: @gods_ink_spokenword

Life as We Grow It podcast
IG: @lifeaswegrowit
Twitter: @lifeaswegrowit

The Spoken World podcast
Twitter: @spokenpodcast
Website: thespokenwordpodcast
IG: @thespokenworld

Unspoken Words podcast
IG: @unspokenwordspodcast
Twitter: @beckythepoet
YouTube:  Unspoken Words
Website: beckythepoet.com

Journey with Mpho podcast
IG: @journeywithmpho
Website: journeywithmpho.com