This week, Leah (http://leahmarche.com/) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "blues people" and "Maturation," and the role of pain in the artistic process.
Other ways to contact Leah:
https://twitter.com/leahmarche
https://www.instagram.com/msleahmarche/
Take a listen to also find out about poetry events taking place in the valley during the week of November 25th.
Photo of Leah Marché (https://www.facebook.com) by Jenny Gerena (https://www.jennygerena.com/)
Additional links to topics we touched on in our discussion:
1. Poetry book by Ed Pavlić inspired by Donny Hathaway’s Life:
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/2291758.Winners_Have_Yet_to_Be_Announced
2. The death of Donny Hathaway:
https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/15/archives/donny-hathaway-33-pop-and-blues-singer-dead-in-hotel-plunge-hit.html
3. Blues People by LeRoi Jones:
https://www.harpercollins.com/9780688184742/blues-people/
4. About Robert Leroy Johnson:
https://www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org/biography/
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