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Interviews

African American Authors Discuss the Politics of Black Hair

The Event “Trauma, Tresses, & Truth” On Feb. 9, 2023, The Diasporic Peoples Writing Collective (DPWC) hosted a literary event at which several distinguished women authors treated an enthusiastic audience to several readings from their anthology, “Trauma, Tresses, & Truth: Untangling Our Hair Through Personal Narratives.” The anthology contextualizes the many experiences linked to Black hair. The Art Hair is indeed linked to culture, pride, … Continue reading African American Authors Discuss the Politics of Black Hair

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Performance and Video Production feat. in a Joint

The Diasporic Peoples Writing Collective (DPWC) premiered a film for San Jose State University’s virtual “Legacy of Poetry” festival on April 17, 2021. The festival was themed Closing the Distance: Sheltering in Technolog(ies), and in it were some of our very own DPWC member-poets featured beside veterans like Daniel B. Summerhill, Tureeda Mikell, Vernon Keeve III, MK Chavez, and Keenan Norris. It was a joint … Continue reading Performance and Video Production feat. in a Joint

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Interviews

Interview With Author, Persis Karim

Writing and the Importance of Community Living to Make Every Day Count This May, I interviewed Persis Karim, Ph.D., over Zoom. While our conversation meandered through coffee and the struggles of living through COVID-19, somehow, we came back to her life as a poet and author. Karim is a professor in the Department of Comparative Literature at San Francisco State University (SFSU). She is also … Continue reading Interview With Author, Persis Karim

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Interviews

Interview With Author, Faith Adiele

Artists as First Responders It’s 2020, a year I thought might bring clarity.April showers pour from clouds cast by COVID-19. It is wet outside but we’re inside per a warning from state officials to shelter-in-place. This unsettling phrase tries to side-step the word, home, just as there is nothing to curb the virus’ spread; no language to address people for whom there is no home; … Continue reading Interview With Author, Faith Adiele

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Vernon “Trey” Keeve III, PhD, author and educator, joins us for an online event via San Jose State University where he will read from his book, Southern Migrant Mixtape, and engage us in a discussion on the intersections of life, love, loss, grief, and literary expression. Find Keeve’s book at Black Lawrence Press. Sheila Smith McKoy, PhD, poet and historian, visits San Jose State University … Continue reading Act

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