Quote of the Day “you suffer calculated amnesia. you forget those who remind you of what you really are.” — Wanda Coleman, "I Died with the First Blow & Was Reborn Wrong," Bathwater Wine

“you suffer calculated amnesia. you
forget those who remind you of what you really are.” — Wanda Coleman, "I Died with the First Blow & Was Reborn Wrong," Bathwater Wine
#BOTD #WandaColeman #Quote #Amnesia #Quotation #SelectiveMemory #QOTD

LA Blueswoman —
#WandaColeman
such a compliment. Tears //
grateful and honoured — if they had audio I would record/recite.

#poetry
#wandacoleman

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WANDALUST by Tila Neguse | Poetry Tila Neguse is a poet and the associate director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity at Washington University in St. Louis. She holds an MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson College

I'm curating the poems for Zocalo Public Square this month. First up is a delicious one to read and listen to: Tila Neguse's "Wandalust," for and after #WandaColeman. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2024/10/04/t...

Wanda Coleman Wicked Enchantment #wandacoleman #poetry #poet #LApoet #losangeles #terrancehayes

“To know I must survive myself” — #WandaColeman

Still wildly thankful for the opportunity to write the forward of the legendary writer and literary icon: Wanda Coleman.

Coleman’s complete collection of American sonnets are now available everywhere.

Tour dates coming up…

The poems of Wanda Coleman, sidewalk verses return to Cam... Literary news from around the region.

#WandaColeman was “a true West Coast soothsayer,” as @mobrowne puts it in her introduction. Coleman's new collection "Heart First Into..." includes 100 poems "as though counting out a century, the centuries, are a portrait of a cracked country". https://bit.ly/3APgNz3

It’s my honor to write the introduction for the first ever complete American sonnet collection by #WandaColeman

Wanda Portraits by Terrance Hayes

Published by @black.sparrow.press
Pre-order now / Out June 2022

"who am i? what am i? are no longer important questions.

knowing that i am is finally enough" -- #WandaColeman

“Her poems often record the mood of one who feels exiled, discounted, neglected.” #TerranceHayes on #WandaColeman

“i scavenged rusted auto parts, built a niggah machine, loaded it with atomic amour and wiped out all purveyors of poverty. . .” — #WandaColeman queen of the american sonnet.

Happy Birthday #WandaColeman

"we sprouted wings,
crashed parties on the moon, and howled at the earth

we lived off love." -- #WandaColeman

Gifted to me by my heart @olivarespoet cause #WandaColeman #AmericanSonnets is a beautiful accompaniment for those reading her collected writings #WickedEnchantment

Wicked. #WandaColeman https://instagr.am/p/B-nXjYyHbih/

10:30 am - Books breakdancing, Bass & Guitar

11: YA is LIT panel w/ @wellreadblkgirl @ibizoboi #Tonchionyebuchi & myself

12-1 : Storytime w/ #bkslam

12pm - Teen Take Over w/@urbanwordnyc

1-2pm #WandaColeman panel w/ @WilliePerdomo & #taifreedomford

#free

Celebrating #WandaColeman with the #voltron of #poetry #berls #terrancehayes @ Berl's Brooklyn… https://www.instagram.com/p/BMxpRuBhDZM/

Tomorrow. We celebrate #WandaColeman -- another necessary joy. #free #ambertamblyn… https://www.instagram.com/p/BMvBPW9BJ6A/

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When Brooklyn celebrates one of the freshest #WandaColeman #HappyBirthday #RIP http://fb.me/5I02q6ZCD

#dear Twitter: "black kids should have heroes" #wandacoleman

#dear Twitter: "a black woman is worth only her salt-bearing yrs" -- #wandacoleman

#wandacoleman tribute w/legends #poetshouse #poetrysocietyofamerica #NYC https://instagram.com/p/2xIf7ECphN/

#Dear Twitter: "I speak like Plath/before the oven did its job" #wandacoleman @poetshouse @PoetrySocietyNY

#dear Twitter "they called her "angry Blk poet/why not call #wandacoleman a truthful Blk poet?" -- #corneiluseady @cavecanempoets

#Dear Twitter: "the hardest thing about living is that you aren't able to stick around hear your memorial" -- Austin Straus on #wandacoleman