Published inANMLY·Dec 20, 2021A Special Blackshop Honoring Kamilah Aisha MoonOn September 24, 2021, our dear friend Kamilah Aisha Moon got the call to join the ancestors and went on up home. Kamilah to some, Aisha to others, Ms. Moon if you were fortunate, her sudden departure left us with an absence; left us, well, in her own words, “clanging/…Blackshop16 min readBlackshop16 min read
Published inANMLY·Oct 28, 2021“I’m walking into the same house, just through a different door”: Blackshop talks to comedian, writer, actor, activist Kerry CoddettI met Kerry in 2019 while attending “Inside the Mind…”, her interview series in which Kerry brought in speakers to discuss the craft and business of comedy. While facilitating conversations, Kerry also generously shared resources with us after and seemed in general to have a true “we are all in…Interview9 min readInterview9 min read
Published inANMLY·Jun 22, 2021“Every simple thing matters”: Blackshop talks poetry, pedagogy, activism (and cuisine) with Sarah GambitoMost of the time when Nina and I know someone, I’ve met them through Nina, or Nina met them through me, but Sarah Gambito is one of those few longtime friends we both met independently before getting to know each other. Nina met Sarah over ten years ago at the…Interview6 min readInterview6 min read
Published inANMLY·Mar 16, 2021“Spiritual Technology”: Blackshop talks poetic expression and sisterly affection with Yolanda WisherIn my very last workshop in my last year at Temple, I met Yolanda Wisher. The late great Bill Van Wert had been bringing in former Temple students as guest to talk about how their work had grown and changed post graduate school, basically what can one do with a…Interview9 min readInterview9 min read
Published inANMLY·Jan 6, 2021Blackshop Tries to Get Into an Ivy League School: A Conversation with Ed LinWelcome to Blackshop: a column that thinks about allyship between BIPOC people, brought to you by Nina Sharma and Quincy Scott Jones. I met Ed Lin while working at The Asian American Writers’ Workshop just over ten years ago. Ed performed in a mixtape-themed reading that I curated and ran…Interview9 min readInterview9 min read
