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This Is Karen Hunter

S E1118: Kevin Powell (Part 2): The Complexities and Layers of Black Womanhood

This Is Karen Hunter

Knarrative

Empowerment, Africana Studies, Greg Carr, Karen Hunter, History, Education, Society & Culture

4.5888 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Karen is joined by Author and Activist Kevin Powell in this two part episode where he examines the Woman King and the importance of seeing the power of black women.

Books: Grocery Shopping with My Mother by Kevin Powell

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0:00.0

This is Kagan Hunter and welcome to the hub. Kevin Powell is back.

0:15.0

In addition to your latest grocery shopping with my mother,

0:20.0

which is a collection of amazing poetry, and the 15 other books.

0:25.0

What else are you working on?

0:27.0

Well, it's 15 books in total.

0:30.0

Okay.

0:31.0

Well, I'm actually, my next two books, well, you remember that Tupac book?

0:35.1

That's still happening.

0:36.1

The biography of Tupac- Tupac-

0:42.1

actually, that's part of reason why I've been doing a lot of research, going back and researching ancient Africa so this is all

0:45.5

intuitive but I'm working on the pop book and then I got an offer that I couldn't turn

0:50.0

down a publisher offered to do a collection of my writings over 30 years so the

0:54.7

Kevin Powell reader. Yeah writings interviews that I've done with people ranging

0:59.8

from Bell Hooks to POC and a lot of other folks is happening plus my some a couple of my speeches and interviews in there as well like would it's is is it's humbling you, because I had to go back.

1:13.0

I actually had my very first piece when I was,

1:14.8

first published piece when I was 17 is in a book.

1:16.6

That's what opens the book.

1:19.0

I realize it had a lot of bad writing,

1:20.6

but luckily I have a few good things and decent things and so I'm really excited about the

1:24.4

collection too.

1:26.0

I mean we're different in that I don't keep anything like you can't you kept it.

1:31.8

I keep nothing like I'm always on to the next which is I think it's a superpower

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