GLP004: Poet Arisa White

Episode 3: Arisa White

Arisa White
Photo by Samantha Florio

SHOW NOTES: (what we talked about)

• Writing poems into a project as a way to stay in the writing space
• The importance of residencies and retreats to fuel your writing
• Adapting poetry for the stage
• Collaborating with other artists
• Anger Portraits on Zoramag.com
  
• The Daily Grind Online Community
  

BOOKS & OTHER LINKS MENTIONED

You Good Thing by Dara Wier
Twerk by LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
Hurrah's Nest, Post Pardon, & A Penny Saved by Arisa White
Breadloaf Writer's Conference
Cave Canem
Willow Books
Virtual Artist Collective

WRITING RELATED QUOTES & ADVICE

"You need to know the intelligence of your poem."

"Know when your writing seasons are."

"a writing oops...thinking that once you're done with a poem it has nothing to teach you"

"Be engaged with your surroundings and record everything."

"What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open." -- Muriel Rukeyser

WRITERS MENTIONED

Joshunda Sanders
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
Stacy-Ann Chin
Tara Betts

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