{"id":139,"date":"2010-01-06T15:19:24","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T19:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sherryquanlee.com\/?p=139"},"modified":"2010-01-06T15:19:48","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T19:19:48","slug":"from-skateboarding-to-spoken-word-artist-activist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.sherryquanlee.com\/?p=139","title":{"rendered":"From skateboarding to spoken word artist, activist…….."},"content":{"rendered":"

“A Decade of Asian Am Spoken Word<\/strong>” Bai Phi, YourVoices, January 4, 2010<\/p>\n

Check it out! This is the site I almost wrote for, but I had a change of mind (as you know, I may have a lot to say, but I don’t get it down in writing to say it very often). When the contract came back postage due, I knew I had made the right decision! But, now, Bao has started writing for YourVoices–yes, he used to skateboard in my neighborhood\/my front yard with my sons–that’s what he told me–memory fades!<\/p>\n

Is it too late, am I too old to become a Spoken Word Artist? Yes and no. How to memorize my own words? I ask students to memorize a poem, they sigh. I used to say, when I memorize my poems, I will know I am a poet. I’ve been writing poetry since second grade. This month I will be of social security age. I have only memorized one five line poem of mine. It’s enough. No pressure.<\/p>\n

But, I do admire Minnesota’s Spoken Word Artists; I do appreciate Bao Phi’s work as an artist, and an activist–keeping Asian American voices visible and heard (what’s the antonym for silent? seriously. visible and loud? this is why I don’t blog often. wordsmithing? i get caught up in language. what words am i supposed to know and understand and use correctly? a topic for another blog entry. lunch is over. extended actually. another time)<\/p>\n

Sherry <\/p>\n

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“A Decade of Asian Am Spoken Word” Bai Phi, YourVoices, January 4, 2010 Check it out! This is the site I almost wrote for, but I had a change of mind (as you know, I may have a lot to say, but I don’t get it down in writing to …<\/p>\n

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