Praise Song - Hafizah Augustus Geter
New month, new theme! November’s theme is “Thankful.” The poems I have chosen are not just about thankfulness in the simple sense, they are about interpersonal thankfulness. Now more than ever a grateful community is essential and I hope you all join along in my crafty one.
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“This poem is a first step towards my second poetry collection, ‘Desiring Machine.’ Inspired by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s concept of the same name, in which desire is a productive force and not just a site of lack, the project of my second collection is to look at what desire creates. Praise songs, as a poetic form, have a long history in African traditions. They attempt the impossible: to fully express the spirit or soul of something or someone in language. This poem considers grief as a type of desire, and the work of moving through it as a kind of transcendence. After experiencing a period of grief so long that it felt like a casket, I resurrect my mother’s essence from the grave, and, through language, return her to her original form—a wellspring, a birthplace, a woman of possibility.”
—Hafizah Augustus Geter
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Collage from today’s episode
The following collage is by Dr. McClung
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Crafting Connection is an interactive literary talk show where each week a different poem or short story is read and discussed on-air.
A unique dimension of Crafting Connection is the take-home collage packets that will be available for pickup outside the KHDX booth. These packs will include craft materials and paper scraps related to each month’s theme.
The show is designed with reading and crafting intervals built into the hour and I will be making my own collage and discussing it throughout the show.
Listeners are encouraged to craft along with the talk show or craft on their own time! Everyone will have the ability to submit their collages for a feature on the show’s blog or even future KHDX promotions!
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