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Conversations with Poets

The Possibility Poet: H. Hennenburg

Posted on 09/18/2020 by Khaya Ronkainen

It’s my great pleasure to bring you another conversation with a poet I admire, H. Hennenburg. H.’s work is deep and multilayered yet accessible to the rea...

Conversations with Poets

The Midnight Poet: Ben Ditmars

Posted on 11/22/2019 by Khaya Ronkainen

I often lament about the negative side of social media. Today, I want to add that I am sometimes thankful for the opportunity to make real connections with peop...

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The Unlikely Poet: Rajani Radhakrishnan

Posted on 10/18/2019 by Khaya Ronkainen

Blogging is a wonderful way to meet and connect with poets (and their works) I wouldn’t have otherwise discovered. Today I feature one such poet I met on the bl...

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Our conversation is live on the Finnish-African Society blog — the first in an ongoing series of Artist to Artist exchanges. Link in bio ​@finnishafricansociety

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