This week I’m taking y’all behind the poetry of my poem God Bless Mom and for the first time ever my mom is joining us as a guest in the HER Living Room! Listen in for how my mom inspired this poem and what she did that inspired me to become a spoken word poet.
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Show Notes:
HER With Amena Brown Episode 11: Behind the Poetry: Roots and Wings
Carrie by Stephen King
Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou
HER With Amena Brown Episode 38: Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves (featuring Makeda Lewis)
God Bless Mom by Amena Brown
Live at Java Monkey by Amena Brown
Tar Baby by Toni Morrison
The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker
Roots by Alex Haley
Roots miniseries
The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley
Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
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