March 1, 2017
Featured is a young Chicago poet named E’mon Black who started writing poetry in the third grade for book competitions. Black says her main inspirations came from renowned authors such as William
Shakespeare and Maya Angelou. Her new book called, “Commando,” will be released by Haymarket Books in May 2017. Photo by Christopher Shuttlesworth
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YOUNG CHICAGO POET SHARES WOMANIST VIEWS
“My artistic statement is the examination of the intersectionalities between womanism and the hood,” Black said. “A lot of times people associate marginalized neighborhoods like Englewood, Austin or the “hood” in general with hyper-dominance or hyper-masculinity. But people never really think about the correlation of how that ties to a black woman, especially with women being trended as feminine or soft.”