Today’s episode is a rebroadcast from January 16, 2019. Ali is joined in the studio by Danez Smith, a Black, Queer writer and performer from St. Paul. They spend the hour discussing the intersections of poetry and identity, art and activism, and what it means to share and heal through literary expression.
Danez also reads two of their poems on the air and reflects on the encouragement and support of teachers and friends in making and sharing their art with the world.