Shayla Lawz's guest appearances

Shayla Lawz

The Greenlight Bookstore Podcast

Hoodoo Plant Mamas

THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20 

Chris Hayes

Rebecca Traister

Colson Whitehead

Tracy K. Smith

Ezra Klein

Seth Godin

Elizabeth Gilbert

Ayana Mathis

Phoebe Robinson

Anne Lamott

Lidia Yuknavitch

Rob Spillman

Allie Rowbottom

Jia Tolentino

Jacqueline Woodson

OwlTail

Join Chris in conversation with Shayla Lawz, author of Speculation, n. (Autumn House Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support

Join Chris in conversation with Shayla Lawz, author of Speculation, n. (Autumn House Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support</a>

S5EP18: SHAYLA LAWZ

Angel Nafis

Diane Exavier

Carlos Sirah

For phenomenal local writer, theatermaker, and educator Diane Exavier’s début collection, The Math of Saint Felix, Greenlight’s own Poetry Salon host Angel Nafis held court with Exavier and fellow poets Carlos Sirah and Shayla Lawz for a powerful, multivocal evening of reading, reverie, and irreverence. Exavier's book-length lyric is an attempt to do the math of a woman, a family, a country, and a diaspora, plotting how the sum of one life reveals permutations of many— daughters, sisters, lovers—and the uncountable cost of a single death. Nafis, Lawz, Sirah, and Exavier held space for one another as well as the invisible multitudes living between their lines, delving into questions of “the math of survival”, of audience and witness, and the duty of the writer to witness and tend to their grief. Recorded November 29, 2021.

For phenomenal local writer, theatermaker, and educator Diane Exavier’s début collection, The Math of Saint Felix, Greenlight’s own Poetry Salon host Angel Nafis held court with Exavier and fellow poets Carlos Sirah and Shayla Lawz for a powerful, multivocal evening of reading, reverie, and irreverence. Exavier's book-length lyric is an attempt to do the math of a woman, a family, a country, and a diaspora, plotting how the sum of one life reveals permutations of many— daughters, sisters, lovers—and the uncountable cost of a single death. Nafis, Lawz, Sirah, and Exavier held space for one another as well as the invisible multitudes living between their lines, delving into questions of “the math of survival”, of audience and witness, and the duty of the writer to witness and tend to their grief. Recorded November 29, 2021.

Ep. QS86: Diane Exavier with Carlos Sirah and Shayla Lawz, hosted by Angel Nafis (February 17, 2022)

For the one-year anniversary episode of Hoodoo Plant Mamas, we talk with fellow Aquarius, Shayla Lawz about her upcoming poetry collection "speculation, n." We dive into the difficulty of witnessing state-sanctioned violence against Black people as well as the music that helps us process it all. Shayla Lawz is a writer and interdisciplinary artist from Jersey City, NJ. She works at the intersection of text, sound, and performance and has received fellowships from Cave Canem, Jack Jones Literary Arts, The Center for African American Poetry and Poetics (CAAPP), and The Digital Studies Center at Rutgers-Camden (DiSC). She holds a BA in English from Rutgers University and an MFA in Literary Arts from Brown University. Her writing and hybrid/sound work appear in McSweeney’s Quarterly, Catapult, and The Poetry Project, among others. Her debut poetry collection “speculation, n.” was chosen by Ilya Kaminsky for the 2020 Autumn House Poetry Prize. She lives in Brooklyn, NY where she teaches in the Department of Humanities and Media Studies at Pratt Institute. Resources:  "speculation, n" Pre-Order Shayla's Website Twitter &amp; Instagram: @shaylalawz "&amp; when the spaceship comes for ______, i want to go with them: ON HARMONY HOLIDAY, DOUGLAS KEARNEY &amp; JONAH MIXON-WEBSTER" by Shayla Lawz  Erykah Badu,  Missy Elliott,  Sade  The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill  Long Live the Angels and  Real Life by Emeli Sande  PHO EP and  Shea Butter Baby by Ari Lennox  A Seat at the Table and  When I Get Home by Solange  Songs in A Minor by Alicia Keys  My Life by Mary J. Bliges  lately i feel EVERYTHING and  ARDIPITHECUS by Willow Smith  HEAVN by Jamila Woods  CTRL by SZA  Saturn by NAO  BE A PATRON! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hoodooplantmamas SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: @hoodooplants Instagram: @hoodooplant

For the one-year anniversary episode of Hoodoo Plant Mamas, we talk with fellow Aquarius, Shayla Lawz about her upcoming poetry collection "speculation, n." We dive into the difficulty of witnessing state-sanctioned violence against Black people as well as the music that helps us process it all. Shayla Lawz is a writer and interdisciplinary artist from Jersey City, NJ. She works at the intersection of text, sound, and performance and has received fellowships from Cave Canem, Jack Jones Literary Arts, The Center for African American Poetry and Poetics (CAAPP), and The Digital Studies Center at Rutgers-Camden (DiSC). She holds a BA in English from Rutgers University and an MFA in Literary Arts from Brown University. Her writing and hybrid/sound work appear in McSweeney’s Quarterly, Catapult, and The Poetry Project, among others. Her debut poetry collection “speculation, n.” was chosen by Ilya Kaminsky for the 2020 Autumn House Poetry Prize. She lives in Brooklyn, NY where she teaches in the Department of Humanities and Media Studies at Pratt Institute. Resources: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.autumnhouse.org/books/speculation-n/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"speculation, n" Pre-Order</a></li> <li><a href="https://shaylalawz.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shayla's Website</a></li> <li>Twitter &amp; Instagram: @shaylalawz</li> <li>"<a href="https://www.poetryproject.org/publications/newsletter/262-fall-2020/when-the-spaceship-comes-for-i-want-to-go-with-them" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">&amp; when the spaceship comes for ______, i want to go with them: ON HARMONY HOLIDAY, DOUGLAS KEARNEY &amp; JONAH MIXON-WEBSTER</a>" by Shayla Lawz</li> <li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7IfculRW2WXyzNQ8djX8WX?si=Pn-dbpzbTUS6eoRCm69DDg&amp;dl_branch=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Erykah Badu</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/2wIVse2owClT7go1WT98tk?si=KZ-CzbrrRGCeEjkzzVYWfQ&amp;dl_branch=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Missy Elliott</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/47zz7sob9NUcODy0BTDvKx?si=fqJgoyk1Rkey91Ajl4bJYw&amp;dl_branch=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Sade</a></li> <li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1BZoqf8Zje5nGdwZhOjAtD?si=dtUFhTQBRfuK4hwI0xYfUA&amp;dl_branch=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill</a> by Lauryn Hill</li> <li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5dROr3bb551hRGk7cTiS8A?si=H2P9ZfraR62lX3oajeZclg&amp;dl_branch=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Long Live the Angels</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2IDveJpLabNqS3bSavJ9T6?si=pJ63Ed7EQ5qUq1n04XNN1A&amp;dl_branch=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Real Life</a> by Emeli Sande</li> <li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1x6E0JYj6wKFHfZQFQCpnU?si=C3Kv3z3UQh2pkcMt_Nxx0A&amp;dl_branch=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> PHO EP</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3hejjJbFsinMBc1KBqF71w?si=s2TZP3vDQFarsIvpAaqbjA&amp;dl_branch=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Shea Butter Baby</a> by Ari Lennox</li> <li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3Yko2SxDk4hc6fncIBQlcM?si=AWykXNwvRSeysiWVaiHvng&amp;dl_branch=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> A Seat at the Table</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4WF4HvVT7VjGnVjxjoCR6w?si=pmda_7BlQkWMA31zPNtpIQ&amp;dl_branch=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> When I Get Home</a> by Solange</li> <li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5qUlPoDmNxCSzqVx81RDLJ?si=2df87e185b5a46fb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Songs in A Minor</a> by Alicia Keys</li> <li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1OQ5l5rHKqUumPpn559zJC?si=ffca9d82092f42f6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> My Life</a> by Mary J. Bliges</li> <li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1dg0gmrCaEbENVXpPIvi1m?si=8b61623f8f6c44e9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> lately i feel EVERYTHING</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0wfne2JijoxJm0qzJd3V5h?si=yIo52_pMSCiQxv4zq5wUYw&amp;dl_branch=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARDIPITHECUS</a> by Willow Smith</li> <li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/238KQ3rcD4trId1M1SwaIv?si=be4fe10d77a64701" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> HEAVN</a> by Jamila Woods</li> <li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/76290XdXVF9rPzGdNRWdCh?si=de8e9e214a194ac4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> CTRL</a> by SZA</li> <li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5rojZ5uUIKKkfNsFT92Vld?si=ecd6b7f990274765" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Saturn</a> by NAO</li> </ul> BE A PATRON! Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hoodooplantmamas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/hoodooplantmamas</a> SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: @hoodooplants Instagram: @hoodooplant

Ep 19: Speculation and Witnessing with Shayla Lawz