Poet Laureates Honor Philly's Black Literary Community with ConsenSIS
Poets Trapeta Mayson and Yolanda Wisher bring ConsenSIS to Awbury Arboretum to honor the legacy of Black women and femme poets in Philly.
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Poets Trapeta Mayson and Yolanda Wisher bring ConsenSIS to Awbury Arboretum to honor the legacy of Black women and femme poets in Philly.
From San Bernardino, Calif., and Aurora, Colo., to Orlando, Fla., and Newtown, Conn., sites of memory honor those killed in gun violence, and survivors.
The grim frequency of mass shootings in the United States has turned the memorialization of victims into its own genre.
For awhile, the topic of monuments and exhibits was largely confined to discussion of the Confederacy and the Civil War, but that discussion has pushed westward and focused on the expansion of Caucasians and the subjugation of Native Americans.
Op-Ed: It’s not enough to take down offensive monuments; we must also ensure the spaces they once inhabited become meaningful, vibrant destinations for residents.