Some poets are cooks. Some poets are doctors. Some are telephone repairers. This poet is a playwright and a radical educator. Her name is Shawntai Brown. This month on the Kalamazoo Poetry Podcast we hear two of her poems rooted in her home, Detroit. Her work takes on topics like gender, sexuality, truth, family, and racial justice. She works with Extra Mile Playwright’s Theatre, Inside Out Literary Arts and has been published in Cactus Heart and Synesthesia Magazine.

To find more of her work, check out: https://shawntai.wordpress.com

Also, come see her work presented at Queer Theatre Kalamazoo this month as part of the Pride Fest celebration.

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Music by The Last Gasp // Production by FREQ Flag Media