Volume Five: Chapter Twelve - Our Conversation with Samiya Bashir

In Volume Five: Chapter Twelve, we welcome Poet, Writer, Playwright, and Author of the forthcoming poetry collection, "I Hope This  Helps", Samiya Bashir.Samiya Bashir’s honors include the Rome Prize in Literature, the Pushcart Prize, Oregon’s Arts & Culture Council Individual Artist Fellowship in Literature, plus numerous other awards, grants, fellowships, and residencies including MacDowell, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and the New York Council on the Arts. She is the author of three books, and her fourth “I Hope This Helps” is scheduled to be released May 13th.Contact Samiya: Instagram: @scryptcreeper          Threads: @samiyabashir Website: samiyabashir.com            Order I Hope This HelpsRecorded Spoken Word Performances Featured Include:Melissa Newman-Evans – Nine Things I Would Like To Tell Every Teenage Girl Instagram: @saber.my.champagne Threads: @saber.my.champagneL3thal Po3t – Superhero               First Appearance: HereInstagram: @poetic.dreamcatcher               Second Appearance: HereTucker Bryant – Facts About MyselfInstagram: @iamtucks Website: tuckerbryantspeaks.comMeccamorphosis – Thriftshop Instagram: @meccamorphosisWebsite: meccamorphosis.comNatasha Hooper – A Letter To Whomever Is NextInstagram: @natashadeepoetrySupport the show