No guest this week as we celebrate the holidays with family, however we have produced a Chapter Break (a pause between Chapter numbers) that includes a collection of spoken word performances by a number of our favorite Performance Poets.

Happy holidays!

Featured Spoken Word Performances this week include:

Candace Nicholas-Lippman - Ten
IG: @candace.nicholas.lippman
X: @candacethepoet

Joshua Bennett - Transatlantic Love Manifesto
IG: @sirjoshbennett
X: @sirjoshbennett
Website: drjoshuabennett.com

Carvans Lissaint - Tell Them
IG: @carvenslissaint
Website: carvensliaasint.com

Dua Selah - Fractions
IG: @doitlikedua
Website: duasaleh.com

Ghetto Jedi the Poet - I am Metaphor

Jasmine Mans - I Know You Didnt Mean To Kill Him
IG: @poetjasminemans
Website: jasminemans.com

Mecca Morphosis - Penny Dreadfuls
IG: @meccamorphosis
Website: meccamorphosis.com

Propaganda - Twenty Years
IG: @prophiphop
Website: prophiphop.com

In Volume Four Chapter Nineteen, we welcome Poet, Actress, performance Poet, and Author of the books "More Than Me" and "A Cup of Me", Leslie Saint-Julien. Leslie also stars as Janae McRae in the movie "Men Dont Cheat" currently available on YouTube and Amazon Prime.

From Leslie's "About Me" page:

"Leslie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminology & Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland. She has studied Acting for Film at the New York Film Academy College of Visual & Performing Arts. Additionally, she has studied theater crafting, acting fundamentals & playwriting under the tutelage of Drs. Vivian G. Spencer, Gregory Wm. Branch and Baltimore actor, director & playwright Derrell G. Owens.

Leslie is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). Also a member of The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), her streaming work and poetry books can be found on all major streaming platforms and everywhere popular books are sold."

Contact Leslie:
Instagram: @lesliesaintjulien
Watch "Men Dont Cheat"

Recorded Spoken Word Performances Featured Include:

Summer Durant - Future Not Fetish
Instagram: @summeraen

Lyrical Faith - Black Boy Joy
Instagram - @lyricalfaithpoetry
X - @bylyricalfaith
Facebook - @lyricalfaithpoetry

Black Chakra - I Spit Fire
Instagram - @blackchakra88
X - @blackchakra88

Barbara Fant - Brown Body Bending
Instagram - @iambarbarafant
Website -barbarafant.com
X - @iambarbarafant

Jesse Parent - To The Boys Who May One Day Date My Daughter
Instagram - @jesseparent

In Volume Four: Chapter Eighteen we welcome Teaching Artist, Poet, Actress, and Author of the award-winning book "Still Laughin", Dara Kalima.

Contact Dara:
IG: @darakalima
Website: darakalima.com
X: @kaliskorner

Dara's Podcast: On Behalf Of
Purchase Dara's Book: Still Laughin'

Recorded Spoken Word Performances featured in this Chapter Included:

Alyeshia Wise - The Interview
IG: @alyeshiawise
X: @mswise
Website: alyeshiawise.com

Ebony Stewart - Mental Health Barz
Website: ebpoetry.com
IG: @gullyprincess
X: @ebpoetry

Ephriam Nehemiah - Afrofuturistic Fairy God Being
IG: @ephriamnehemiah

Ciara Chantelle - Empty Eyes
IG: @ciarachantelle
Website: ciarachantelle.com

Nelle Divine - Dont Fall in Love with a Giver
IG: @iamnelledivine