For Wednesday, we'll be reading and responding to Audre Lorde's "Poetry is Not a Luxury" from Sister Outsider. If you prefer to listen, an audio version can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9isrbcrgBg un (If you haven't procured your texts for the course yet, it is easily found through a web search.)
Please come to class with an x-page on that.
Browse the National Museum of African American History & Culture's website "Social Identities and Systems of Oppression" https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race/topics/social-identities-and-systems-oppression . We'll be using this page throughout our course.
For Wednesday, watch How to Understand Power by Eric Liu there as well.
Come to class ready to answer
How have you used your power as an author in the past?
What do you imagine you will use it for in this workshop?