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RIP: Rise In Poetics to Ra
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
“I have come to you tonite not just for the stoppage
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Love my Black Job—
Black Student Union Job!
Hired at L.A. City College
As “The Peoples Poet!”
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Trigger Warning
Palestine’s the
Answer—
What was the
Question?
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Shangri-La—untaxed, socially-distanced champagne-
caviar, Cayman Island, yacht crowds who
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Could the pigment of your imagination
cause Black magic mascots, props, sops—
Black faces in high places—
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
“…there are known knowns. There are things
we know that we know. There are known
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
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