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...in which the Black Ladies Brunch Collective and i talk the state of joy, poetic resistance, and luther vandross...

the BLBC on instagram: @blackladiesbrunchcollective

celseste doaks' site: www.doaksgirl.com
Twitter: @thedoaksgirl
Instagram: @thedoaksgirl

the next BLBC reading: http://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/an_evening_with_mason_jar_press#.WNbsP-v3aK2
Not Without Our Laughter: http://www.masonjarpress.xyz/chapbooks-1/not-without-our-laughter-by-black-ladies-brunch-collective

other things referenced:
Grace Nichols - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Nichols
reading Hurricane Hits England - http://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/grace-nichols

Derek Walcott - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/derek-walcott

Cave Canem - http://cavecanempoets.org/

"won't you celebrate with me" by Lucille Clifton - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM7q_DUk5wU

Chris Abani - http://www.chrisabani.com/