Imogen Arate with Sean Avery by Poets and Muses published on 2019-05-05T21:04:49Z 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 #poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #SeanAvery #BoysAreMeanttoBeTouched #SexualAssault #personalboundaries #GrandTheftAuto #scarecrow #pickle #DrSeuss #Cherokee #militaryfamily #IndelibleintheHippocampus #ChampsElysees #thepoliticsofattraction #intersectionality #WordplayCafe #StorySlam #TomasJStanton #poetryslam #traumaporn #tokenism #racialhierarchy #blockbustermovies #inclusion #representation #enabling #GoodTimes #TheJeffersons #TheCosbyShow #MargaretCho #MindyKaling #TheMindyProject #JapaneseInternment #otherness #NewYork #WASP #Intraracialprejudice #TheLateShowwithStephenColbert #iTunes #SongCategorization #HipHop #RandB #Pop #AzizAnsari #AlanYang #MasterofNone #RAINN #NationalSexualAssaultHotline #poetryevents #HeardMuseum #BooksBeatsBitesEvent #StevenPaulJudd #EvangelineParsonsYazzie #LauraTohe #PalabrasBookstore #WastedInkDistro #FreddyLopez #DyrtiRedd #BojanLouis #CrescentBallroom #SavannahLutman #PhoenixFirebirdEvents #ThirdSpace #ConnectandHeal #PoetryWritingWorkshop #ChandlerCommunityCenter #OhMyEars #FilmBarPhoenix #ImprovisedPoetryOrchestra #RichardNihil #IAmHologramOpenMic #IrenesTaproom #KenKong #TheUndergroundExperience #2601onCentral #VirginiaGPiperCenter #CollegeofLiberalArtsandSciencesHumanitiesDivision #LawnGnomePublishing #PhoenixPoetrySlam #TheLostLeaf #QuentonOney #JobotCoffeeandBar #ShawnteOrion #BillCampana #JackEvans #CaffeineCorridor #9TheGallery #RosemarieDombrowski #DanaeBarnes #PoetryandPoses #TotemYoga #CreativeYouthofArizona #ReFrameYouthArtsCenter #ThePhoenixYouthPoetLaureateProgram #PalabrasBilingualBookstore #SoZoCoffeehouse Genre Poetry Comment by K. Renae This is such a great example of turning your pain into art and inspiring change in broken systems. 2020-06-22T12:54:42Z