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Therí Alyce Pickens on What Had Happened Was

Therí Alyce Pickens on What Had Happened Was

Update: 2025-05-13
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This discussion is with Dr. Therí A. Pickens received her undergraduate degree in Comparative Literature from Princeton University (P’05) and her PhD in Comparative Literature from UCLA (2010).  She is a poet-scholar who focuses on Arab American Studies, Black Studies, Comparative Literature, and Disability Studies.

In today’s conversation, we discuss her debut poetry collection What Had Happened Was, where she addresses topics ranging from Black life, popular culture, and history to individual encounters with emotion, love, and chronic disability.

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Therí Alyce Pickens on What Had Happened Was

Therí Alyce Pickens on What Had Happened Was

Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy