Khadijah Queen - February 18, 2016

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UA Africana Studies Department, UA Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, UA Poetry Center

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UA Poetry Center
Khadijah Queen

Khadijah Queen reads from her collections Conduit (2008), Black Peculiar (2011), and Fearful Beloved (2015); she also shares drawings, photos, and video and sound clips. This reading was given as part of the Spectacular Poetics series. 

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Welcome and Introduction
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by Hannah Ensor

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Opening Remarks
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Ann Hamilton: the event of a thread
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Khadijah Queen shows a video of Ann Hamilton's 2012 art installation, the event of a thread.

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A Drawing
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Khadijah Queen shares a drawing of a performance art piece. 

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"bloodroot," "Dear Fear," "Dear Fear," and "Dear Fear,"
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"bloodroot: our native bloodroot..."

"Dear Fear, A sound made by a living animal..."

"Dear Fear, True or false, you crawl..."

"Dear Fear, Some fears exist in space..."

Citation

Queen, Khadijah. Fearful Beloved. Argos Books, 2015. 

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"Fibromyalgia AKA"
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Differs slightly from published version. 

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Queen, Khadijah. Fearful Beloved. Argos Books, 2015. 

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"Coronado"
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Queen, Khadijah. Fearful Beloved. Argos Books, 2015. 

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"A population of 10% women clearly means 90% men"
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Queen, Khadijah. Fearful Beloved. Argos Books, 2015. 

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"Dear Fear,"
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"Dear Fear, I start in straight lines then..."

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Queen, Khadijah. Fearful Beloved. Argos Books, 2015. 

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Drawings
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Khadijah Queen shares several drawings inspired by spectacle, race, disability, and the body. 

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"Dear Fear," and "Dear Fear,"
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"Dear Fear, The body can be whole..."

"Dear Fear, When I write, it also feels like listening..."

Citation

Queen, Khadijah. Fearful Beloved. Argos Books, 2015. 

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"I couldn't have been anyone else in 2006"
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Queen, Khadijah. Fearful Beloved. Argos Books, 2015. 

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"The base of the damaged..."
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Queen, Khadijah. Fearful Beloved. Argos Books, 2015. 

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A Sound Poem Collaboration
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"Return via Two Renaissances to a Distinct Unmasking"
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Queen, Khadijah. Conduit. Los Angeles: Black Goat/Akashic Books, 2008. 

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On race, spectacle, performance, and "Non-Sequitur"
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From "Non-Sequitur": Act I, Scene 1
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Queen, Khadijah. Black Peculiar. Las Cruces: Noemi Press, 2011. 

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From "Non-Sequitur": Act 2, Scene 2
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Queen, Khadijah. Black Peculiar. Las Cruces: Noemi Press, 2011. 

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"Musical Interlude"
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From the book-length version of the play Non-Sequitur.

Citation

Queen, Khadijah. Non-Sequitur. Brooklyn: Litmus Press, 2015. 

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On women as commodities; selections from "I'm So Fine: A List of Famous Men and What I Had On"
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Queen, Khadijah. I'm So Fine: A List of Famous Men and What I Had On. Alexander, AR: Sibling Rivalry Press, 2013. Web. 23 March 2016.

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Question and Answer Session
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Khadijah Queen
Photographer
Hannah Ensor
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Khadijah Queen
Photographer
Hannah Ensor
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