This week I am talking with Justice Ameer, whom. Boston public radio station WBUR called “one of the most recognized trans poets of color on the local and national poetry scene.”

Justice is a Feminine Empowerment Movement Slam Champion, and two -time Providence Grand Slam Champion,l. Justice describes xyr work as a practice in becoming unapologetic and unafraid, and has been published in Glass Poetry Press, Poetry Magazine, and the Breakbeat Poets, Volume 2, Black Girl Magic Anthology.

We covered:

How poetry is like therapy.

How xe writes to imagine a better world and process what’s upsetting about this world

Tips for finding a riding community—-both in person and online.

How to use that community to get useful feedback

The value of having a day per week blocked off for writing

Finding a consistent artist practice with ADHD.

How to decide on what to work on when you do sit down to write

Letting an idea take you where it’s meant to go

Visit Justice at justiceameerpoetry.com

For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.

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