What Sparks Poetry:
Amaud Jamaul Johnson on “Possum Dead”
"I’m not that old, but I’ve lived long enough to know that the lion’s share of my life is behind me. I know there are relationships I can’t hold on to, and places I can’t return to. I’m just beginning to see “real time,” the arc of almost half a century, and how the generational waves, both violent and beautiful, define our species." |
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"A World Champion Slam Poet Pivots To Medicine"
"Poetry is also a way to carry on her Sudanese heritage. 'I come from a place where the history is based on oral tradition, my tribal tongue isn’t written, everything is passed down from person to person,' Mahmoud says. 'That’s why that’s why I write about it so much. I write about it because I’m terrified of forgetting.'"
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