Imogen Arate with Sean Avery by Poets and Muses

This week, Sean (https://www.instagram.com/skinnyblksean/) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "Boys Are Meant To Be Touched" and "Indelible in the Hippocampus," boundaries and the politics of attraction.

You can read "Indelible in the Hippocampus" at http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/2020/02/indelible-in-hippocampus-by-imogen.html

Take a listen to also find out poetry events taking place in the valley during the week of #May6th.

Picture of Sean Avery (https://superseanavery.com/) by Marjani Hawkins (https://www.instagram.com/ageoftheaquarius/)

RAINN Information:
RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network: https://www.rainn.org/about-rainn) National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673

Link to the NPR article:
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/02/26/695966537/classic-books-are-full-of-problems-why-cant-we-put-them-down

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