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Ep. 31: Mason J.'s Poems and Stories of Survival
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To help elevate the voices and stories of Black San Franciscans, we’ll be rerunning those episodes over the next few weeks. We’ll be back with new stories from your neighbors down the road a bit.
San Francisco artist and poet Mason J. is a survivor. They were born in the city in the late 1980s into two epidemics that were wiping out entire communities—AIDS and crack.
In this podcast, Mason J. shares three poems and a story about their experiences with death, something that has surrounded them their entire lives. The first is a pantoum poem about dementia called "All of My Uncles Are Dead." The second is about the Ghostship fire in Oakland in 2016. The last poem is about Mason's personal experiences with death.
Mason ends the podcast with a story about their sister, who was born HIV-antibody-positive.
This episode was recorded at our first-ever live storytelling event: Working with Death, at Café du Nord in April 2018.
Photo by Anica Wu
440 episodes
Archived series ("Inactive feed" status)
When? This feed was archived on October 10, 2023 08:14 (). Last successful fetch was on October 10, 2023 23:22 ()
Why? Inactive feed status. Our servers were unable to retrieve a valid podcast feed for a sustained period.
What now? You might be able to find a more up-to-date version using the search function. This series will no longer be checked for updates. If you believe this to be in error, please check if the publisher's feed link below is valid and contact support to request the feed be restored or if you have any other concerns about this.
Manage episode 207067628 series 1757380
To help elevate the voices and stories of Black San Franciscans, we’ll be rerunning those episodes over the next few weeks. We’ll be back with new stories from your neighbors down the road a bit.
San Francisco artist and poet Mason J. is a survivor. They were born in the city in the late 1980s into two epidemics that were wiping out entire communities—AIDS and crack.
In this podcast, Mason J. shares three poems and a story about their experiences with death, something that has surrounded them their entire lives. The first is a pantoum poem about dementia called "All of My Uncles Are Dead." The second is about the Ghostship fire in Oakland in 2016. The last poem is about Mason's personal experiences with death.
Mason ends the podcast with a story about their sister, who was born HIV-antibody-positive.
This episode was recorded at our first-ever live storytelling event: Working with Death, at Café du Nord in April 2018.
Photo by Anica Wu
440 episodes
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