Poetry Archives – Scalawag

'I don't want people to judge me by the music that I rap.' How RICO threatens freedom of speech

by Lil Mobb June 22, 2022June 22, 2022

From inside a Mississippi prison, Lil Mobb shares new songs and a desire to not be judged by the music he raps.

Poetry & Playlists, Mix 04: Alive & Full

by Aurielle Lucier April 22, 2022November 30, 2022

Poetry & Playlists, Mix 03: The Spaces Between

by mónica teresa ortiz April 15, 2022April 21, 2022

Poetry & Playlists, Mix 02: Rituals

by Alysia Nicole Harris April 8, 2022April 21, 2022

Poetry & Playlists, Mix 01: The Intro

by Scalawag Editors April 1, 2022April 21, 2022

'All my people come from the hills'

by Alysia Nicole Harris January 25, 2022April 7, 2022

Scalawag Updates

Scalawag's 2021 Jubilee: A southern ass evening of liberatory lit 🎉

by Scalawag Team November 23, 2021November 23, 2021

Queer Black grxl survival in the thick of it all: Aurielle Marie's Gumbo Ya Ya

by Alysia Nicole Harris November 23, 2021April 19, 2022

A Prophet Without Eyes: Pauli Murray's Moment

by Brenna M. Casey April 30, 2021October 6, 2021

Let Black Art Tell It

by Alysia Nicole Harris February 15, 2021February 15, 2021

Poetry from Jericho Brown, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, & Taylor Johnson

by Alysia Nicole Harris December 1, 2020December 3, 2020

Exits from solitude—Poems we need right now

by Alysia Nicole Harris November 27, 2020December 3, 2020

Sasha Rewrites Uhmareka

by Jamara Wakefield September 22, 2020December 3, 2020

Letter from a New Normal: Finding hope in purgatory

by DANTE August 20, 2020March 15, 2022

If your name ever falls on a prison roster: What I know now.

by EDUARDO MARTINEZ August 19, 2020March 15, 2022

This I Know For Sure: Remembrance and freedom in Jaki Shelton Green's The River Speaks of Thirst

by Alysia Nicole Harris August 12, 2020December 3, 2020

Postcolonial Love Poem: 'How do you maintain your tenderness?'

by mónica teresa ortiz June 24, 2020December 3, 2020

Modern abolition and the lasting truth of change

by Scalawag Editors June 18, 2020April 16, 2021

Southern Politics

Memorial Day and weaponizing the American flag

by Jedediah Purdy May 25, 2020December 3, 2020

Scalawag Updates

(Past) Scalawag Virtual Jubilee—Thursday 4/16

by Scalawag Team April 13, 2020December 3, 2020

Healing in the wake of environmental trauma: Two poems for National Poetry Month.

by Che Justus & Alina Stefanescu April 1, 2020December 3, 2020

"No Place Like Home" Notes from opening night at The Miami Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival

by Zaina Alsous February 26, 2020December 3, 2020

Curated Tolerance: the aesthetics of gentrification

by Amber Delgado February 21, 2020November 16, 2022

12 Haikus on gentrification: Bull City edition

by Alysia Nicole Harris February 19, 2020October 1, 2020

'The teacher calls us wet, dark names': two poems by Christopher Martinez

by Christopher Martinez February 3, 2020December 3, 2020

The Queer South: Where the past is not past, and the future is now

by Minnie Bruce Pratt January 27, 2020December 3, 2020

Food, power, and place in Northwest Arkansas

by Olivia Paschal January 6, 2020December 3, 2020

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Y'all's top Scalawag picks of 2019

by Scalawag Team December 30, 2019December 3, 2020

South of Rider-Waite: Four Southern Tarot Decks that Tackle Representation in Imagery, Theme, and Language

by Christie Matherne December 23, 2019April 24, 2022

'No Such Thing As a Still Life'—Ekphrastic poetry by Nina Oteria

by Nina Oteria December 16, 2019December 3, 2020