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EPISODE 26: Chicago’s first ever Youth Poet Laureate, E’mon Lauren joins me on the show this week to talk about her brand new book of poems, Commando! She tells me about finding and embracing writing and poetry at a young age, participating in different Louder Than a Bomb teams throughout high school and finding confidence in her unique and powerful voice. Then, she walked me through her influences, which range from the streets of Chicago to her artistic and strong—willed Mother, Laura, to Gwendolyn Brooks, Kanye West and re-runs of ’A Different World.’ Finally, E’mon shares a couple of her poems (and I get the chills).
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