AMPERS
Minnesota's Community Radio Stations
Kennedy Gisege discusses a current story he’s working on and how writing
can mediate some of the loss felt by and return agency to those who are
imprisoned. He also talks about how the Twin Cities literary community has
supported writers who are incarcerated. [Read Transcript...]
Sarah Warren talks about why she started writing children’s books, the story behind her organization, Picture Book Parade, and the impact of book bans on BIPOC writers. [Read Transcript...]
Marian Hassan discusses the importance of poems and proverbs to Somali
culture, her oral history work with the Sing Along Project, and her experience
as a writer witnessing Operation Metro Surge take place in her hometown. [Read Transcript...]
Bao Phi talks about growing up in South Minneapolis, writing Asian American
history into children’s literature, and the impact of Black, Native, Asian
American, Latinx, and SWANA writers’ work on Minnesota. [Read Transcript...]
