Season 1, Episode 5: ‘Wail Song’ by Author, Chaun Webster: Wading Through and Against Antiblackness

Chaun Webster, Graphic Designer, Publisher and Poet, is back on the podcast to talk about and read from his newly published poetry collection, Wail Song. Chaun describes Wail Song as an “attempt at care,”  which also “lays bare how the construction of the human and the animal both rely on Black abjection.” In this episode, Chaun, who is a Minneapolis Graphic Designer, Publisher and Poet, discusses this long poem with host, Tracine. Together, they weave conversation, meditations, alternatives, metaphors and new possibilities to wade with listeners through and against antiblackness. 

Catch Chaun IN-PERSON at the dates and locations below:
Thursday, May 4th 7pm  at Milkweed Books - reading and in conversation with Claire Wahmanholm .

Tuesday, May 9th 7pm at Subtext Books - reading and in conversation with LM Brimmer.  

*The music you hear on the podcast is provided by Blue Dot Sessions and is used here under a Creative Commons License.

 

You can hear Chaun Webster on Episode 1 of Rewriting the Rules℠. In ‘All About Love,’ Chaun explores how love informs his artistic practice, what Black boys and men are taught about love, and his own understanding of love.

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