Vanessa Tahay's guest appearances

Vanessa Tahay

Last Cut Conversations with Samantha Paige

The Living Room

Hannibal Buress

Mallika Chopra

Julia Nunes

Molly Lewis

Ronny Turiaf

Hannah Mills

Vanessa Cuccia

Kim Tillman

Rhys Langston

Emma Lee

Samantha Paige

Kimmay Caldwell

Jeff Liu

Dana Donofree

Pidgeon Pagonis

OwlTail

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home!This week, we welcome another wonderful poet to our show! Vanessa Tahay talks about losing language, written poetry vs. performed poetry, and writing about her super good mom.Vanessa Tahay can be found online at: instagram.com/vanessa_tahay

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, we welcome another wonderful poet to our show! Vanessa Tahay talks about losing language, written poetry vs. performed poetry, and writing about her super good mom. Vanessa Tahay can be found online at: <a href="http://instagram.com/vanessa_tahay" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/vanessa_tahay</a>

Episode 97: Vanessa Tahay

Monique Mitchell

Get Lit Poets Monique Mitchell and Vanessa Tahay bravely and vulnerably share how reading, writing and speaking poetry has paved a path to freedom and happiness in their lives. In this raw and moving conversation, these two powerful women detail where they came from and the ways in which they have used their art and voice to cultivate freedom, self love, empowerment and joy from pain and hardship. Mitchell, a Get Lit graduate and now Get Lit Education Coordinator, and Tahay, a recent Cleveland High graduate and 2017 Classic Slam winner, hold nothing back and boldly recite their own original poetry. Their raw eloquence and strength give me hope for the future. For more on Get Lit, please visit getlit.org or @getlitpoet on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. For more on Monique Mitchell, please visit www.mnqmtchll.com or @mnqmtchll on Instagram and Twitter. For more on Vanessa Tahay, please visit @vanessa_tahay on Instagram and Twitter, or Vanessa Tahay on Facebook.. Get Lit was founded by Diane Luby Lane in 2006 in Los Angeles. It started in two high schools, Fairfax &amp; Walt Whitman, and now offers its program in almost 100! Get Lit-Words Ignite fuses classic and spoken word poetry to increase teen literacy and cultivate enthusiastic learners emboldened to inspire social consciousness in diverse communities.

Get Lit Poets Monique Mitchell and Vanessa Tahay bravely and vulnerably share how reading, writing and speaking poetry has paved a path to freedom and happiness in their lives. In this raw and moving conversation, these two powerful women detail where they came from and the ways in which they have used their art and voice to cultivate freedom, self love, empowerment and joy from pain and hardship. Mitchell, a Get Lit graduate and now Get Lit Education Coordinator, and Tahay, a recent Cleveland High graduate and 2017 Classic Slam winner, hold nothing back and boldly recite their own original poetry. Their raw eloquence and strength give me hope for the future. For more on Get Lit, please visit <a href="http://getlit.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">getlit.org</a> or @getlitpoet on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. For more on Monique Mitchell, please visit <a href="http://www.mnqmtchll.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.mnqmtchll.com</a> or @mnqmtchll on Instagram and Twitter. For more on Vanessa Tahay, please visit @vanessa_tahay on Instagram and Twitter, or Vanessa Tahay on Facebook.. Get Lit was founded by Diane Luby Lane in 2006 in Los Angeles. It started in two high schools, Fairfax &amp; Walt Whitman, and now offers its program in almost 100! Get Lit-Words Ignite fuses classic and spoken word poetry to increase teen literacy and cultivate enthusiastic learners emboldened to inspire social consciousness in diverse communities.

S02.4: Get Lit Poets: Monique Mitchell and Vanessa Tahay: Peace and Power through the Spoken Word