This week, Zoë (https://twitter.com/xiexiecaptain) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "genderf*ck" (https://plenitudemagazine.ca/genderfck/) and "The Slow Ascent" and finding our place in the world.
Read additional poems from Zoë's in the up-coming issue of the Polyglot Magazine: http://www.thepolyglotmagazine.com/
Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of October 5th.
Photo by Zoë Johnson.
Links to topics we touched on:
1. The official website for the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians: https://www.saulttribe.com/
2. COVID impact on Indigenous communities in the U.S.: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6934e1.htm
3. COVID impact on Indigenous communities globally: https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/covid-19.html
4. Information about the Three Fires Confederacy: https://libguides.gvsu.edu/natamericans/michigan
5. The meaning and origins of Turtle Island: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/turtle-island
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