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Christopher Greggs, Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mynameisgreggs/facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nameyourworld

My daughter was in First Wave at U of Wisconsin. How I envied her!

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wow

Man, if Joshua Bennett can get rejected that many times from Cave then maybe there is hope for all of us

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@J Bennet, very beneficial comments on learning in a Black Tradition of writing as supplement to mainstream concepts of writing

Such a great question! Thank you for asking.

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The same is true for Black Joy.

^^

Yes, spoken word can be credited for speaking contemporary rage and also African American literary tradition is about protest even back to Wheatley through Brooks, Hayden, Brown, Lorde and others that led to Black arts poetry then RAP then Spoken Word. Excellent point about Spoken Work being connected to rage and anger.

@Greggs, Excellent questions and moderation!

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Great questions! Great discussion! So rich!

All Black preschool! Whew!

Big

Love the stance of wandering rather than sitting in class. Research comes in all shapes

Everyone should a black immersion experience in life…there are great mental confidence to be experienced—preschool, elementary school, jr.high/high school, hocus

Agree

^^

Good questions

I am so here for all these questions. Somebody is reading my mind!

The questions are awesome!

This panel is *amazing*

Thank you Cave Canem and Mass Poetry Festival for this very important collaboration.!

TARA BETTS! <3

These questions are so good. Might need a copy for my own journal

Can you all discuss applying for NEA grants?

Thank you Cave Canem! Mass Poetry!! Great panelists! Great moderation!

Yes, Black Nature is SUCH a good anthology

Helpful

Question: Do you find the Poetic Mind is always at work?

Woo! Yes!

@Judd. Love the way you bring the conversations back to creativity and crafting poems via space and time to left the work speak to what form it wants to manifest on page or in other art forms. Thank you for stressing that the art will instruct the poet.

LOVED this discussion!!! Thank you!

link from Christopher Greggs https://cavecanempoets.kindful.com/

Such a gift—thank you Christopher, Bettina, and Joshua for this conversation.

Thank you both for your thoughtful answers!

Both of yay are amazing

Yes! Get those books from both of them.

Thank you for letting us witness this great convo

Thank you so much!!!

Thank you both for your flowI I’m inspired

Thank you!

Woot, woot! Congrats! Thank y’all for the gift of this gathering.

Thank you all for this fantastic conversation <3

Thank you all so much!

Thank you all! This has been amazing

Thanks so much for this dynamic conversation

My website: http://www.bettinajudd.com, patient. poems: http://www.patientpoems.com, @bettinajudd on all social media.

Thank you. Fantastic! Betty H. Neals

Hello Friends! Feel free to follow me at @mynameisgreggs

This was excellent, thank you!

https://www.drjoshuabennett.com/

Thanks, everyone!

My email is jessicalucci@jessicalucci.org

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