EPISODE · Mar 10, 2019 · 47 MIN
Khaya Osborne: Black, Genderqueer, Activist Poet
from The Kairos Podcast · host The Kairos Podcast
“I want to talk about simple heartbreaks. I want to talk about simple grief. I want to talk about simple love. And I don’t want to mention Trump in it. “ Black, genderqueer slam poet Khaya Osborne (they/them), 2019 Sacramento Youth Poet Laureate, tells us about poetry as their higher calling, the hierarchy of society, their experiences as a Black Lives Matter protestor, and the pigeonholing of minorities in literary works into narratives of ‘marketable diversity.’ Connect with them here: Twitter | KhalypsoThePoet Paypal | [email protected] Email | [email protected]
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“I want to talk about simple heartbreaks. I want to talk about simple grief. I want to talk about simple love. And I don’t want to mention Trump in it. “ Black, genderqueer slam poet Khaya Osborne (they/them), 2019 Sacramento Youth Poet Laureate, tells us about poetry as their higher calling, the hierarchy of society, their experiences as a Black Lives Matter protestor, and the pigeonholing of minorities in literary works into narratives of ‘marketable diversity.’ Connect with them here: Twitter | KhalypsoThePoet Paypal | [email protected] Email | [email protected]
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