What Way is that to Talk of Love… Desire?

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What Way is that to Talk of Love… Desire?

Robin Reid Drake

June 9, 2023

This weekend wind down asks viewers to watch a short reading by legendary author Jewelle Gomez recorded at the 2022 Lambda Literary Writer’s Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices.

 

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Pre-writing:

  • How you ever had a relationship with someone that you knew what real but felt might cause others to judge you?

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Prompt:

After listening to the reading, write in response. Particularly, write a poem or song or any piece of writing which you feel speaks to what Gomez means when she says, “Desire is a mystery— bright and dark; damp, slippery and aridly hot.”

Robin Reid Drake

Robin Reid Drake (she/they) is a Chicago (Kiikaapoi, Peoria, Kaskaskia, Bodéwadmiakiwen & Myaamia lands) based writer, artist and educator originally from Greensboro, North Carolina (Eno, Sappony & Shakori lands). White, trans & queer, Drake is passionate about combining abolitionist somatics, creative practice and popular education to heal lines of violence in herself and her communities. She holds an MFA in writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a BA in writing from the University of North Carolina at Asheville and certification in meditation & mindfulness instruction from MNDFL Studio in New York City. Drake’s written work can be found in DREGINALD, Palimpsest, WUSSY, Understory Quarterly, and Foglifter Press’ Home Is Where You Queer the Heart, among others.