S2 Ep. 34 Exploring Poetry for the Public’s Health with Dr. LeConté Dill, Shanaé Burch, and Dr. Ryan Petteway

"What we're trying to create here is having creatives and communities of color and people from the margin speak for themselves, to themselves, right? Instead of having to speak through a researcher or to speak to a research audience. They can speak for themselves, to their own communities, to their own people... A big part of our section is, how this work translates into pedagogy and into and outside of classrooms... I wish that people knew that this was possible in the academy, let alone outside." In this episode, we explore the poetry collection and ongoing space for poetry in HPP with Shanaé Burch, LeConté Dill, and Ryan Petteway, the three Associate Editors for our new section “Poetry for the Public’s Health.” They remind us that poetry demands to belong in academic spaces, and encourage poets to submit writing to the open call. Enjoy the July 2022 debut of the Poetry section that featured the work of six poets.