I'm interested in the ways renderings of the past and future are projections of their present. Growing up, I used to visit a children's museum that had a hall of dioramas tracing the development of humanity. It had originally premiered at the 1964 World's Fair, and it was eerie experiencing it all in a future that had failed to live up to its promise.
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"Nikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81"
“Ms. Giovanni was a prolific star of the Black Arts Movement, the wave of Black nationalism that erupted during the civil rights era, propelled by her, the novelist John Oliver Killens, the playwright and poet LeRoi Jones (later known as Amiri Baraka) and the poets Audre Lorde, Ntozake Shange and Sonia Sanchez, among others. Like many women in the movement, Ms. Giovanni was confounded by the machismo that dominated it.”
viaTHE NEW YORK TIMES |
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What Sparks Poetry:
Octavio Quintanilla on Drafts
"I write and rewrite the poem over and over because small but significant changes happen in the process, especially in terms of the poem earning my trust and having me believe in what it says. To get there, I rewrite the poem till every word is embodied with breath or heartbeat....As I rewrite, I teach myself my own poem. Internalize it." |
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