Episode 149 - Porsha Olayiwola
Above The Basement - Boston Music and Conversation - Un podcast de Chuck Clough and Ronnie Hirschberg
If you did not know, the City of Boston has a Poet Laureate. The job maintains that the appointed poet must be a significant fixture in Boston's cultural and artistic arena. The Poet Laureate may learn, teach, and embody the great literary traditions of Boston. If embodying the great literary traditions of Boston means you are a rock star 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam Champion and 2015 National Poetry Slam Champion who is a writer, performer, educator and curator who uses afro-futurism and surrealism to examine historical and current issues in the Black, woman, and queer diasporas, then Porsha Olayiwola fits the bill.