Poetry Asylum (a Mpls-based partnership between poet-activists Sun Yung Shin and Su Hwang) and PEN Across America present BREAKOUT: Voices from the Inside. Emily joined Jeremiah Ellison, Leiloni Ivey, Dr Rebecca Shlafer, and Emily Hunt Turner for a discussion on Futurism and Abolition. Kevin Reese, Jennifer Bowen Hicks, Deborah Jiang-Stein, Vina Kay, Daniel McCarthy-Clifford, Marcie Rendon, and Michael Kleber Diggs talked about Art as Healing, Justice, and Peace. Poets Queen Frye, David Lawrence Grant, Leiloni Ivey, Hawona Sullivan Janzen, Ed Bok Lee, Matt Rasmussen, and Dallas Wright read a mix of their own words and poems from artists who are currently incarcerated, including Queen’s cousins, Fresh and Jeff.
