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Diamond Sharp’s Super Sad Black Girl is a love letter to her hometown of Chicago, where the speaker finds solace and community with her literary idols in hopes of answering the question: What does it look like when Black women are free?Lorraine Hansberry and Gwendolyn Brooks appear throughout these poems, counseling the speaker as she navigates her own depression and exploratory questions about the “Other Side,” as do Sandra Bland, Rekia Boyd, and other Black women who have been murdered by police. Sharp’s poetry is self-assured, playful, and imaginative, reminiscent of Langston Hughes with its precision and brevity. The book explores purgatorial, in-between spaces that the speaker occupies as she struggles to find a place and time where she can live safely and freely. With her skillful use of repetition, particularly in her series of concrete poems, lines and voices echo across the book so the reader, too, feels suspended within Sharp’s lyric moments. Super Sad Black Girl is a compassionate and ethereal depiction of mental illness from a promising and powerful poet.Join us for this livestream of the in-person book launch event for Super Sad Black Girl with Diamond Sharp, Eve Ewing, Raych Jackson and Jamila Woods. -------------------------------------------------- Speakers: Diamond Sharp is a poet and essayist from Chicago. Super Sad Black Girl is her debut collection of poems. Dr. Eve L. Ewing is a sociologist of education and a writer from Chicago. She is the award-winning author of four books: the poetry collections Electric Arches and 1919, the nonfiction work Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side, and most recently a novel for young readers, Maya and the Robot. She is the co-author (with Nate Marshall) of the play No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks. Rachel “Raych” Jackson is a writer, educator and performer. Her poems have gained over 2 million views on YouTube. She is the 2017 NUPIC Champion and a 2017 Pink Door fellow. Jackson recently voiced 'DJ Raych' in the Jackbox game, Mad Verse City. She voices Tiffany in Battu, an upcoming animation recently picked up by Cartoon Network. Her latest play, “Emotions & Bots”, premiered at the Woerdz Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland. Jamila Woods is a Chicago-bred singer/songwriter and award-winning poet whose inspirations include Gwendolyn Brooks and Toni Morrison. Following the 2016 release of her debut album HEAVN, Woods received critical acclaim for her singular sound that is both rooted in soul and wholly modern. Her 2019 sophomore release LEGACY! LEGACY! featured 12 tracks named after writers, thinkers, and visual artists who have influenced her life and work. She is a Pushcart Prize-winning poet and co-editor of BreakBeat Poets: Black Girl Magic (2018). Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/W_yl0SZR050 Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Welcome to the Podcart podcasts.This week's very special guest is James Graham of The Twilight Sad! He talks about some of the significant songs that have soundtracked his life so far...You can find out more about The Twilight Sad at: thetwilightsad.comPlease listen and enjoy and remember to check out the artists in more depth.1. The Twilight Sad - 'There's A Girl In The Corner'2. Manic Street Preachers - 'Design For Life' 3. Mogwai - 'Hunted By A Freak'4. Arab Strap - 'The Shy Retirer' 5. The Cure - 'Pictures Of You'6. Cocteau Twins - 'In The Gold Dust Rush'7. The Beach Boys - 'God Only Knows' 8. The Twilight Sad - 'Cold Days from the Birdhouse' www.podcart.coSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/podcart. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sad Girl Autumn is upon us, and some of us are already crying to TSwift and wishing we had someone to snuggle. Josie, Alycia, and Yasmine get into the szn's loneliness and learn that maybe, making friends and hanging with your loved ones is worth trudging through a foot of snow.Show Notescan i get a tissue? (the official Dare We Say sad girl playlist)What Is Cognitive Dissonance?Cuffing season: are people really coupling up just because it is winter?Winter coating is the latest dating trend for cuffing season

“The most Sad Girl in the Rick Riordan books.”Experiencing heartache? Maybe skip this episode for now. Darien (she/her) and DJ (he/him) present their most melancholy episode yet by discussing Calypso. She’s sad, she’s pretty, and she’s nothing like her mythic source material in The Odyssey. Other topics include Darien being weirdly cool with age gaps getting explained away in fantasy romance stories, DJ being weirdly into hella-sad relationship tropes, the Leo Valdez Defence Club, the decor of Ogygia, relationship dealbreakers, and clothing glow-ups. Spoilers for Heroes of Olympus, Trials of Apollo, The Kane Chronicles, Twilight, Pirates of the Caribean (film franchise), Star Trek: Discovery, Shazam: Fury of the Gods, and How I Met Your MotherContent Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about imprisonment, sexual intercourse, sexual assault, power dynamics, and implied pedophiliaWizard of Legend Bonus Episodes up at Bunker 9: Patreon.com/musesofmythologyAbout UsMuses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Audrey Miller. Find her on Instagram @bombshellnutshellartLove the podcast? Support us on Patreon and get instant access to bloopers, outtakes, and bonus episodes! Patreon.com/musesofmythologyYou can also leave us a 5-star rating and review on your favorite podcatcher at Lovethepodcast.com/musesofmythologyFind us @MusesOfMyth on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at MusesOfMythology.comSupport the Show.