Today on VS, Brittany and Ajanae interview Khadijah Queen. Listen in as they discuss their love for their hometowns, approaching non-linear form across genres, navigating projects with long life spans, the importance of leaning into intuition and curiosity, and revisiting past projects and eras in our writing.

Until Next Time:

Here is some media to accompany your experience of the episode and a writing prompt to tide you over until we meet again!

• Fernando Pessoa - Fernando Pessoa & His Heteronyms
• Lucille Clifton - Lucille Clifton talks of her books of poems, including “Good Times”
• Toni Morrison - Toni Morrison: The Life of a Literary Giant | The Dig at Howard University

Writing Prompt

Revisit some of your oldest poems. Write an ode to that era of your life—that version of yourself.