#8: Kelly Brown Douglas 2016

Episode 8 of Rewrite Radio features Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas on Black Lives Matter and the Justice of God at the 2016 Festival of Faith & Writing. The Susan D. Morgan Distinguished Professor of Religion at Goucher College, Rev. Dr. Douglas has served as a priest in the Episcopal Church for over 20 years and is currently the Canon Theologian at the National Cathedral. She writes about racial reconciliation, sexuality and the black church, and womanist theology. Her most recent book is STAND YOUR GROUND: BLACK BODIES AND THE JUSTICE OF GOD.

Poet Shane McCrae helps to introduce the session. A fellow featured speaker at the 2016 Festival, McCrae is the author of several poetry collections including THE ANIMAL TOO BIG TO KILL, FORGIVENESS FORGIVENESS, and most recently IN THE LANGUAGE OF MY CAPTOR, a collection of historical persona poems with a prose memoir at the center that addresses the illusory freedom of both black and white Americans. McCrae was the recipient of a 2011 Whiting Award, and in 2013 he received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. He’s on faculty at both Oberlin College and Spalding University.

Special thanks to Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas. Thanks also to Shane McCrae who can be found on Twitter @akasomeguy.