Show 048 "Photo of a Girl, 1988: Cyborg" by Faylita Hicks
Lit from the Basement
English - October 21, 2019 07:00 - 58 minutes - 40 MB - ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsBooks Arts poetry literature education humor Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We discuss the poem "Photo of a Girl, 1988: Cyborg" from Faylita Hicks's debut collection Hoodwitch. Topics include: the mother figure in literature, enjambment, end-stopped lines, Afrofuturism, and the ampersand.