In Volume Four: Chapter Sixteen, we welcome Teaching Artist, Poet, Spoken Word Artist and Author of the new book Mouths of Garden, friend of The Podcast Barbara Fant.

Connect with Barbara:
Twitter: @bloombarbfant
Website: barbarafant.com
IG: @bloombarbfant


Recorded spoken word performances in this Chapter include:

Brandon Alexander Williams: Black Women Studies
IG: @brandonalexanderwilliams
Twitter: @moderndaygroit
Website: moderndaygriot.net

Rick Dove: A Poetic Conceit
IG: @rickdove
Website: rickdove.co.uk
Twitter: @multistable

RJ Wright: Soldiers Creed
IG: therealrjwright

Crystal Valentine: I am Black before woman in February
Website: crystalvalentinepoetry.com
IG: crystalvalentine94

Anita D: And The Psych Ward Says
Website: anitadpoetry.com
IG: anitadpoetry
Twitter: @anitadpoetry

Connect with, then listen and subscribe to the following podcasts we recommend:

The Words I Never Said podcast
IG: @gods_ink_spokenword

Life as We Grow It podcast
IG: @lifeaswegrowit
Twitter: @lifeaswegrowit

The Spoken World podcast
Twitter: @spokenpodcast
Website: thespokenwordpodcast
IG: @thespokenworld

Unspoken Words podcast
IG: @unspokenwordspodcast
Twitter: @beckythepoet
YouTube:  Unspoken Words
Website: beckythepoet.com

Journey with Mpho podcast
IG: @journeywithmpho
Website: journeywithmpho.com

In Volume Four: Chapter Fifteen, we welcome Teaching Artist, Poet, Host of the podcast The Word Trap, Writer, and Author fr the poetry collection Rotten Soup, Zulmie Da Poet.  

Zulmie was born in New York and completed her undergraduate degree at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts in History Liberal Arts and completed graduate studies at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia with a Master’s in Practical Theology.

She fell in love with poetry in middle school and started writing poetry in high school.

She is the Author of “Rotten Soup”  and currently resides in Lawrenceville, Georgia. She is an Educator professionally and conducts poetry workshops and is an advocate of self-love. Zulmie also hosts an IG Live biweekly show,  Zulmie’s Poetic Family and Friends in which she interviews fellow poets and creatives.

Connect with Zulmie:
Twitter: @zulmiedapoet
Website: zulmie.com
IG: @zulmiedapoet


Recorded spoken word performances in this Chapter include:

Andra Gibson: For the Days I Stop Wanting to Have a Body
IG: @andrwgibby
Twitter: @andreagibson
Website: andreagibson.org

Dasan Ahanu: Conversation with God
IG: @dasanahanu
Website: dasanahanu.com
Twitter: @dasanahanu

Barbara Fant: Brown Bodies Bending
IG: @bloombarbfant
Website: barbarafant.com
Twitter: @bloombarbfant

Ephraim Nehemiah: 5 Stages of Grief for the Living
Twitter: @ephraimnehemiah
Website: ephraimnehemiah.com
IG: @ephraimnehemiah

Moody Black: 8 Letters
Website: iammoodyblack.com
IG: iammoodyblack
Twitter: @iammoodyblack

Connect with, then listen and subscribe to the following podcasts we recommend:

The Words I Never Said podcast
IG: @gods_ink_spokenword

Life as We Grow It podcast
IG: @lifeaswegrowit
Twitter: @lifeaswegrowit

The Spoken World podcast
Twitter: @spokenpodcast
Website: thespokenwordpodcast
IG: @thespokenworld

Unspoken Words podcast
IG: @unspokenwordspodcast
Twitter: @beckythepoet
YouTube:  Unspoken Words
Website: beckythepoet.com

Journey with Mpho podcast
IG: @journeywithmpho
Website: journeywithmpho.com

In Volume Four: Chapter Fourteen, we welcome Teaching Artist, Poet, Performance Poet, Writer, Advocate, Author of the poetry collection Carnival, and co-founder of the Spoken Lit Movement, a Los Angeles-based arts organization designed to uplift and support poets both in and out of  L.A. , Alyesha Wise.

Alyesha is a published poet and TEDx speaker from Camden, N.J. Currently residing in LA, she is a teaching artist for Street Poets, Inc., an organization serving juvenile injustice-involved youth with mentorship and arts programming. Alyesha is a 2-time Women of the World Poetry Slam finalist with a stellar competing and coaching record. She has been featured on platforms and in publications such as Huffington Post, Bustle, Afropunk, PBS, POPSUGAR, Buzzfeed, and more. Other collabs include the ACLU of Southern California, Brave New Films, and  the Google Interstellar Project

Connect with Alyesha:
Twitter: @mswise
Website: alyeshawise.com
IG: @alyeshawise


Recorded spoken word performances in this Chapter include:

Black Chakra: I Spit Fire
IG: @blackchakra88
Twitter: @blackchakra88

YaYa: Ling Ling
IG: @yayazhangpoet

Oompa: Space-Time Continuum
IG: @oompoutloud
Website: oompoutloud.com
Twitter: @oompoutloud

Alyesha Wise: Trauma

Alyesha Wise: Cannibal

Connect with, then listen and subscribe to the following podcasts we recommend:

The Words I Never Said podcast
IG: @gods_ink_spokenword

Life as We Grow It podcast
IG: @lifeaswegrowit
Twitter: @lifeaswegrowit

The Spoken World podcast
Twitter: @spokenpodcast
Website: thespokenwordpodcast
IG: @thespokenworld

Unspoken Words podcast
IG: @unspokenwordspodcast
Twitter: @beckythepoet
YouTube:  Unspoken Words
Website: beckythepoet.com

Journey with Mpho podcast
IG: @journeywithmpho
Website: journeywithmpho.com