The Record

Performing blackness in white spaces - including on public radio


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Imani Sims is KUOW’s inaugural #NewsPoet – a program in which Pacific Northwest poets respond in verse to what the station airs. Below is an excerpt of her poem "Better than Captivity." Greet the open: surrender. Inhale hummingbird hymns. Play without apology. Loosen hips in red Silk. We have become Our ancestors whisper Against constellation sky. The inspiration was a Record segment on our discomfort with discussing race; the imagery was born of the Marvel film "Black Panther." To some extent,
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