Jun 17, 2020
Thea Matthews is a powerful
poet.
In this podcast, Thea picks up where she left off in Part 1, talking about the early
days of her writing and performing poetry. She helped established
the Black Student Union at City College and later went to UC
Berkeley, commuting the whole time from her home in The City.
Later in the episode, Thea reflects on the current uprising for
racial and social justice. And she ends the podcast by reading four
poems: "Gazonia," "Azalea Rhododendron," Fuchsia
Fuchsia magellanica," and the prelude
("Praeludium") to her book of poems that comes out on June
20, Unearth [the Flowers], which you can buy at Green Apple Books, Bookshop.org, or your local
bookstore.
You're invited to check out Thea's reading at her launch party for
Unearth [the Flowers] on June 27 at 6 p.m. Here's the
event link. The password is
"Flowers".
We recorded this podcast during quarantine in San Francisco in June
2020.
Photography by Michelle Kilfeather