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HER With Amena Brown Episode 74: Internet Friends (featuring Kaitlin Curtice)

This week I’m talking with my internet and IRL friend, author and speaker, Kaitlin Curtice! Listen in as Kaitlin and I talk about how a twitter DM led to tea and a friendship and how Kaitlin uses her social media to build community! For more info about Kaitlin Curtice, visit http://kaitlincurtice.com.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 73: Return Home to Yourself (featuring Dr. Thema Bryant)

This week I’m excited to talk with licensed psychologist, professor, poet, and author of Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole Authentic Self. Dr. Thema shares her favorite snacks, how poetry informs her work, tips for those considering therapy and the inspiration behind her new book. For more information about Dr. Thema, visit https://drthema.com.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 72: Internet Friends (featuring Faitth Brooks)

*sings* What about your friends?! But really…what about your internet friends?! This week I’m talking to one of my favorite friends from the internet and IRL, writer, speaker, social worker, activist, and co-host of the Melanated Faith podcast, Faitth Brooks. Listen in as Faitth and I talk about how we connected online and what are the criteria for meeting internet friends. For more information about Faitth Brooks, visit https://www.faitthbrooks.com/.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 71: HER Favorite Things (featuring Cole Arthur Riley)

This week New York Times’ Bestselling author of This Here Flesh, Cole Arthur Riley, is in our HER living room sharing a few of her favorite things! Tune in as Cole and I talk about Philly food, the spirituality of Toni Morrison’s work, favorite cuss words and what spiritual practice looks like for Cole today. To learn more about Cole’s work, visit http://colearthurriley.com.

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Show Notes:

Black Liturgies

This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley

Flamin’ Hot Doritos

Dim Sum Garden in Philadelphia

Wah-Gi-Wah in Philadelphia

Moonlight

Senegalese twists

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

Toni Morrison

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Octavia Butler

Tar Baby by Toni Morrison

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Pleasure Activism edited by adrienne maree brown

Black Joy by Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 70: Ask Amena about Poetry, Beyoncé, and Carbs

This week I’m answering YOUR questions from social media and we are covering topics from donuts to Beyoncé songs to poetry performance and writing tips. Listen in as I talk about all the things!

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 69: Underwear That Covers My Booty Cheeks

Yep, you read that right! This week I’m talking about UNDERWEAR and why I need coverage for both of my booty cheeks! Listen in for ways to navigate the various categories of underwear and why comfortable underwear is a great thing.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 68: Behind the Poetry: Start With Your Roots

This week I’m taking y’all behind the poetry and digging into my poem “Start With Your Roots.” Listen in as I share how Outkast’s album Aquemini and my own southern upbringing inspired this poem.

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Show Notes:

Behind The Poetry episodes

Aquemini by Outkast

Rosa Parks by Outkast

Gone With The Wind 

Grandma’s Hands by Bill Withers

Java Speaks on Instagram

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 67: On Writing and Identity (featuring Kaitlin Curtice)

This week in an episode from the HER archives, I talked with Potawatomi author and speaker Kaitlin Curtice about her new book Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God. Listen as Kaitlin shares her journey of decolonization and reconnecting with her identity as an Indigenous woman. To find out more about Kaitlin Curtice, visit https://kaitlincurtice.com/.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 66: Finding Home (featuring Sue Ann Shiah)

I talk with musician, filmmaker, and emerging theologian SueAnn Shiah. SueAnn shares the journey of making her documentary HuanDao about her return to her parent’s home country Taiwan for a biking pilgrimage. We discuss the power of indigenous music and how returning to a familial home can help us to find what has been lost. To check out and support SueAnn’s work and her documentary visit https://www.sueannshiah.com/.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 65: Everyone Needs THAT Friend - Part 1

This week in the #HERwithAmena living room we are talking about the friends WE NEED: the cussing friend, the curator friend, the foodie friend, and the fashion friend! Listen in for why these friends are so valuable and to find out which of these you might be to your friends!

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 64: Behind the Poetry: A Breakup Poem

I’m digging into my poetry archives AND telling y’all my business! This week we’re going behind the poetry on a break up poem young Mena wrote that I rarely share on stage. So grab your discounted Valentine’s candy and listen in for all the breakup shenanigans!

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 63: Behind the Poetry: First Lines

This week I’m taking you behind the poetry with my poem “First Lines.” Listen in to hear the inspiration behind this poem, why I used to sleep with books and my journal next to me, and how this poem ended up on my last spoken word album Amena Brown Live.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 62: That Time I…Went to Spelman

To this day I am still so proud to be an alumna of my alma mater, Spelman College. Listen to this episode to hear what it was like applying for college in the late 1990s, why I chose Spelman, what I originally thought I’d study, and how my time at Spelman informed my journey as a Black woman and a writer.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 61: Capturing Black Joy (featuring Melissa Alexander)

This week, in an episode from the HER archives, I’m talking with photographer, filmmaker, and founder of Phyllis Iller, Melissa Alexander. Melissa shares how her work is connected to her neighborhood and rooted in Black joy. Listen in as we discuss the lessons we’ve both learned being full-time entrepreneurs in the creative industry. To check out and support Melissa’s work visit https://www.phyllisiller.com.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 60: How to Survive a Creative Block

It’s the start of a new year but if you’re anything like me you may not be feeling as productive as you thought you would. In this episode, I’m talking about how to enter the new year mindfully and gently and how to navigate a creative block. Let’s gather in the HER Living Room and discuss reasons you may experience creative block, how to survive creative block, and how to be gentle with yourself in the process.

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The Subtle Tricks to Building an Effective Vision Board (Martha Beck)

Black Women Writers at Work by Claudia Tate

Quote: “Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open. Your stuff starts out being just for you, in other words, but then it goes out. Once you know what the story is and get it right — as right as you can, anyway — it belongs to anyone who wants to read it. Or criticize it.” ― Stephen King, from On Writing: A Memoir of Craft

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 59: Best TV of 2021 (featuring Kelundra Smith)

Loved talking with her so much that I brought back writer, theater critic, arts journalist and playwright Kelundra Smith to talk all things TV with me! Kelundra and I dish about our favorite documentaries, the tv shows that made us laugh, the dramas that made us think, which Real Housewives franchise is the best, and an ode to the final season of Insecure.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 58: Ask Grandma Anything!

My grandma is joining the HER Living Room and she is answering YOUR questions! Listen as Grandma shares her thoughts on relationships, her favorite childhood memories and why she believes education is so important.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 57: Behind the Poetry: God Bless Mom (featuring My Mom!)

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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HER With Amena Brown Episode 56: HER Replay: That Time I...Got Sick on Thanksgiving

It’s Thanksgiving week, which for me is usually a cookapalooza. Check out this replay from the HER archives where I tell you about my first time cooking for Thanksgiving and the shenanigans that ensued quickly from there!

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 55: Treat Yo Self

Donna and Tom from Parks and Recreation had it right. TREAT YO SELF! This episode I’m telling y’all about the ways I’m learning to treat myself from candles to wash day for my natural hair. Treating yourself isn’t just about spending money or buying things, listen to this episode for tips on FREE ways you can treat yo self!

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