Talking Liberation & Creativity with Spoken Black Girl (in honor of Women’s Herstory Month)
Before Women’s Herstory Month comes to a close, we’re sharing our conversation about Spoken Black Girl magazine Issue 4: The Freedom Issue 2023. Mom and I chatted with Rowana Abbensetts Dobson, founder of Spoken Black Girl and author (Departure Story), along with contributing writers Lillie Watson, Reign, and Adrienne Prather.
We delve into the multiple ways Black women claim our liberation (collective and individual), the daily challenges we’re navigating, why we must remain uncompromising in defining our freedom for ourselves and more! Check out the issue here. And connect with the poetry of Reign, “Free,” Adrienne Prather, “What Freedom Means to Me?,” and Lillie Watson’s essay, “Black is Free.”
Learn more about Reign, Adrienne and Lillie below:
Reign is a Philadelphia native who now resides in New Mexico. It is her place of fresh new inspiration. She has been writing poetry and essays since the age of 8 years old. She is a published poet, published essayist, mixed media artist and short filmmaker. She writes to honor the ancestors' voices. Stay connected - Instagram: i_am_reignthecreator, YouTube: Magic Little Movies - short films for healing and meditation, and purchase Reign’s poetry book, The Beauty of Dead Roses
Adrienne Prather is a writer, author and educator. She is a published author and have written 3 books, Reflections of Love an Inspirational Poetry Book, Encouragement Cafe Self-Help, and Grace Finds Peace Children's Book. Adrienne enjoys writing and inspiring others. Ways to Stay connected - Instagram: @tmialuv and on Facebook: @AuthorAdriennePrather.
Lillie Watson is a writer based in Tucson, Arizona. She is a passionate reader and book lover, who believes in book accessibility and putting Black, Indigenous, POC, and LGBTQ+ representation and voices to the forefront of literary spaces. She has stories and poems published in SandScript Art and Literature Magazine’s 2016 and 2017 issues, and a personal essay published in Spoken Black Girl Magazine Issue 4: The Freedom Issue 2023. She works as a manager at a local bookstore, and volunteers at a local literacy non-profit, as she determines where she’d like to take her love of all things writing and reading related.
Ways to Stay Connected - Instagram: @lilliemarie221b and Twitter: @lilliemarie221b .
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