Resources

I’ve always tried to use my website not just as a home base for my own work, but as a place to share tools, resources and more.

The Latest:

• My blog: all the latest updates: new videos, poems, writing and more.
• My #RecommendedReading project: Running list of writing that I’ve found useful or important.
• Three “resource hubs” for issues that people often visit my site to find:

An Asynchronous Workshop on Political Poetry and the Anthemic Impulse

Click here to check out this new offering! Seven videos, audio files, and a resource workbook full of writing prompts, example links, and much more.

Resources for Writers, Poets, and Other Artists

• Resource Hub: Spoken Word and Slam Poetry; a few highlights:
  • Resources for Emerging Poets and Anyone Interested in Spoken Word
  • Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Spoken Word and Slam Poetry
  • Twin Cities Spoken Word Event Finder
• My ongoing series “In Conversation” with other writers and artists:
  • Ollie Schminkey
  • SEE MORE PERSPECTIVE
  • Shannon TL Kearns
  • More TBA!
• 30 Poems I’ve Used in Classrooms
• Spoken word on disrupting white supremacy
• Poems, links, and resources RE: #MeToo, consent, and rape culture
• Poems, links, and resources RE: the connections between masculinity and violence
• Poems and resources on abortion rights and reproductive justice
• Poems and resources on abolition
• A Handful of Poems as Doorways into Dialogue About Palestine

Resources for Activists + Other Writing

• Resource Hub: Activism and Organizing
• My Tedx Talk: “Five Things Art Taught Me About Activism”
• The “What’s Good, Man?” Podcast: In Search of Healthy Masculinity
• Selected Writing:
  • Slam Poetry Is Good Actually (at Racket MN)
  • For Artists and Musicians Who Want to Speak Out About Palestine But Aren’t Sure How (at Racket MN)
  • Speak Something Alive: Spoken Word Poetry in the Classroom (at the Minnesota English Journal)
  • “White supremacy is not a shark; it is the water.”
  • (Book Preview) “The Role of the Artist in Times of Authoritarian Brutality: A Panel Discussion”
  • Pressure on the Wound: Why I Vote (and) I Never Noticed Before How Close Halloween Is To Election Day: Five (Season-Appropriate) Metaphors for Voting
  • Three Books, Three Articles, and Three Poems for this Abolitionist Moment (and) Abolishing Prisons and Police: Five Readings
  • Thanos was the Villain: On COVID-19 and Eco-Fascism
  • A Few Thoughts and Links RE: The Ongoing Fight for Reproductive Justice
  • How Much Profit is in Your Pain? On Masculinity and Outrage

Finally, beyond all these links, be sure to check out the ZINES page too for zines I’ve made on issues like consent, healthy masculinity, abolition, spoken word, and more!