Evie Shockley's Blog

• Our Writer-(S)heroes Are People, Too

  November 9, 2009

  • Greetings!  I haven't posted an entry in what seems like ages, for reasons I don't have time to explain (though they could be summed up under the heading "Time" -- or lack thereof...).  So I thought I'd just drop a quick note here to prove I'm still alive.  : )Still alive, and reading.  I recently read (in connection with teaching her poetry) the biography of Audre Lorde.  It's by ...
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• ADFEMPO

  September 21, 2009

  • This Thursday and Friday, I will be joyfully participating in a gathering that has come to be known as "ADFEMPO."  Before you get carried away with the acronymic possibilities, let me explain that this chunky term refers to the even chunkier title of a poetry conference; to wit: "Advancing Feminist Poetics & Activism."  Click to see the schedule of events.  Sorry, ...
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• Is Rap Poetry?

  September 16, 2009

  • How many times a month does someone ask me whether rap is poetry?  More than you'd guess.  Sometimes the questioner strikes me as a rap aficionado, checking to see if I'm going to come correct.  Sometimes the question seems to come from a person who could never be persuaded to consider rap as "real" poetry, but who asks my opinion just to confirm that all _____ (black people / ...
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