Words and Sh*t Podcast
1) Tariq Luthun
Tariq Luthun is a Detroit-born, Dearborn-raised community organizer, data consultant, and Emmy Award-winning poet. The son of Palestinian Muslim immigrants from Gaza, he is a Kresge Arts in Detroit fe...Show More
2) Ayokunle Falomo
AYOKUNLE FALOMO is Nigerian, American, and the author of Autobiomythography of (Alice James Books, 2024), AFRICANAMERICAN’T (FlowerSong Press, 2022), two self-published col-lections and African, Ameri...Show More
3) Geramee Hensley
A writer from Ohio, they are Social Media Manager for The Kenyon Review and Poetry Editor at Tinderbox Poetry Journal. Their work has been featured in Button Poetry, Indiana Review, The Journal, The M...Show More
4) tanea lunsford lynx
tanea lunsford lynx (pronouns flexible) is a writer, abolitionist, and fourth generation Black San Franciscan on both sides. tanea is a proud alum of Voices of Our Nation (VONA) and the Lambda Litera...Show More
5) Leigh Lucas
Leigh Lucas is a writer in San Francisco. Her chapbook Landsickness (Tupelo Press, 2024) was selected by Chen Chen for the 2023 Sunken Garden Poetry Chapbook Award. She has been awarded residencies at...Show More
6) Derrick Brown
Derrick C. Brown is a renowned poet, comedian and former Paratrooper. His album, 'A Close Shave with Heaven' earned him Paste Magazine's '2023 Album of the Year.' Winner of the Texas Book of The Year ...Show More
7) Lexi Pelle
Lexi Pelle is the winner of the 2022 Jack McCarthy Book Prize, a Pushcart Prize nominee, and a finalist for the Prufer Poetry Prize, Crosswinds Poetry Prize and the Marvin Bell Poetry Prize. Her work ...Show More
8) Steven Willis
Born and raised in Chicago, storyteller Steven Antoine Willis uses his poetic and theatrical background to embark on the daunting task of creatively articulating African American culture. With art hea...Show More
9) Haydil Henriquez
Haydil Henriquez is an arts educator, cultural advocate, program manager and Bronx-bred poet. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology & Education from Swarthmore College in 2014, and has worked wi...Show More
10) Dr. Grisel Y. Acosta
Dr. Grisel Y. Acosta (she/they) is a full professor at the City University of New York (CUNY)-BCC. Their poetry collection, Things to Pack on the Way to Everywhere, was a 2020 finalist for the Andrés ...Show More