SPEAK FREELY: AGENCY AND POSSIBILITY, A GENERATIVE WRITING EXERCISE
December 21, 2022
Poetry is generative and scientifically proven to promote healing, not just cognitively and emotionally, but also physically. – Ronnie K. Stephens
Andrea Gibson
SPEAK FREELY: TEACHING BODY POLITICS AND THE SONG OF RESISTANCE
January 3, 2022
Gibson’s version is more culturally responsive and inclusive, inviting discussion into the limitations of Whitman’s perceptions of the body, who determines the worth of specific bodies, and how society uses language to establish a hierarchy of humanity. – Ronnie K. Stephens