Dr. Kendra N. Bryant Aya | s/her

Dr. Kendra N. Bryant Aya | s/her

"& so, lifting as we climb, onward & upward we go, struggling & striving, & hoping that the buds & blossoms of our desires will burst into glorious fruition ere long." –Mary Terrell

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Tag: black poetry

April 4, 2021November 9, 2021 Kendra N. Bryant Aya

“a song flung up to heaven”: a poem for Maya Angelou

November 1, 2020November 9, 2021 Kendra N. Bryant Aya

“What a friend we have in Jesus” (& Nikki): A musing response to Nikki Giovanni’s “A Good Cry”

January 15, 2014June 17, 2019 Kendra N. Bryant Aya

Remembering Amiri Baraka: Teaching “Somebody Blew Up America”

October 31, 2012July 13, 2016 Kendra N. Bryant Aya

Black Women’s Poetic Genius: In Response to Audre Lorde’s “Poetry Is Not A Luxury”

April 3, 2012May 8, 2014 Kendra N. Bryant Aya

Take Back the Night, University of South Florida, 2010

April 3, 2012May 8, 2014 Kendra N. Bryant Aya

Winners of the College Language Association’s Margaret Walker Poetry Prize, 2012

January 19, 2012May 8, 2014 Kendra N. Bryant Aya

We Be Theorizin

  • purchase we be theorizin–my debut poetry collection
  • on turning 45 (or just thinking about birthdays)
  • Kendra + Cyndi | we.are.kindy on ZAMI NOBLA’s Podcast | HAPPY PRIDE
  • CALL FOR POEMS, STORIES, & VISUAL ARTS
  • A Queer Reading: On the Marginalized Banned Book
  • Call for Papers
  • Classroom Musings: The Courage to Teach
  • Family Musings
  • IJS: The 5-Paragraph Rant
  • Improving Writing Blogs Fall 2012
  • Improving Writing Blogs Fall 2013
  • Improving Writing Blogs Spring 2013
  • In Response to Alice Walker
  • Intermediate Composition 2017
  • Old Posts Recovered
  • Poetic Endeavors
  • Random Thoughts
  • Reviews
  • Social Commentaries
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