Tyrone Williamson on Poetry, Race, Representation, and Social Media

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The Poetry Vlog (TPV): A Poetry, Arts, & Social Justice Teaching Channel

C. R. Grimmer

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Welcome to the Podcast Segment of YouTube's "The Poetry Vlog": http://youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog. Tune in for 30-minute guest discussions connecting poetry, cultural studies, and social justice. Guests range from published poets, scholars, and artists to folx just entering these conversations. C. R. Grimmer is a scholar, poet, lecturer at the University of Washington. For more info, to join the community, or to reach out: http://www.thepoetryvlog.com/ Join us: IG: http://instagram.com/thepoetryvlog T: http://twitter.com/crgrimmertpv F: http://facebook.com/thepoetryvlog

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Tyrone Williamson on Poetry, Race, Representation, and Social Media

The Poetry Vlog (TPV): A Poetry, Arts, & Social Justice Teaching Channel

39 minutes 19 seconds

1 year ago

Tyrone Williamson on Poetry, Race, Representation, and Social Media

Award-winning poet Tyrone Williams discusses his poetry in On Spec, the paradox of representation and race in poetry and social media, and how academia and geographic locations impact these conversations.

Poet Tyrone Williams was born in Detroit, Michigan and earned his BA, MA, and PhD at Wayne State University. He is the author of a number of chapbooks, including Convalescence (1987); Futures, Elections (2004); Musique Noir (2006); and Pink Tie (2011), among others. His full-length collections of poetry include c.c. (2002), On Spec (2008), The Hero Project (2009), Adventures of Pi (2011), and Howell (2011).

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