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.W.o.W. #25
Kathy Z. Price
Describe an early experience where you learned that language has power.
As a young child, my mother read The Owl and the Pussycat—and to this day I can hear
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
But as a youngster, maybe 10 years old, I was shaken to the very core with “Great Pax Whitie” by Nikki Giovanni (you can find a version on YouTube here). My aunt would go around the house declaring
Ain’t they got no shame—nah, they ain’t got no shame
What word do you find yourself using most often in your writing?
Black.
What does your inner writing voice tell you?
Trust yourself.
Kathy Z. Price is one of Yellow Arrow’s incredible RENASCENCE (Yellow Arrow Journal, Vol. VI, No. 1) authors. She has a picture book, Mardi Gras Almost Didn’t Come This Year, coming out in January 2022 and is currently working on a memoir. Find Kathy on Twitter (@KathyZPrice or k_obia) and Instagram.
And join us for Renascence: A Reading on June 4 at 7:00 pm EST. Kathy will read a portion of her RENASCENCE piece “For Keeps” along with several other issue contributors. Find out more here.