O, Prosody!

A conversation with Tariq Thompson about Rhythm, Hip Hop as a Guiding Force, and the Muscularity of LanguageTariq Thompson is a poet and educator from Memphis, Tennessee. He’s the author of the chapbook LONE LILY (from Sunset Press, 2021). His poetry has appeared in the American Poetry Review, The Adroit Journal, Split Lip Magazine and elsewhere. Thompson was a finalist for a 2023 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship. He holds an MFA in poetry from New York University. You can find more of his work at tariqthompson.com. Get full access to O, Word? at oword.deesoulpoetry.com/subscribe