Every friend I depend on to listen and give feedback on drafts of my poems during the writing and editing process...
Influences
June Jordan, Willa Warr (the baddest grandmother you ever had!), Audre Lorde, The Roots, Margaret Morris (upcoming Chi-town choreographer & my sister), Sonia Sanchez (what poet does not have her on their list!), Saul Williams, Alice Walker ("The Gospel According to Shug" what! can't mess with it), Sade (I have written to her music all my life), Suheir Hammad, John Mayer (I strive to be as vulnerable in my poetry as he is in his songs) the list goes on...
Woman, Black, poet, teacher, bike rider, junk food junky, movie lover, TV addict sober for 8 years (with the occasional relapses), Libra, night owl, workaholic, bootie shaker, tennis player, NYU Graduate, never forget a face, friend till the end, never tell a secret, people watcher, poet, talker, Fredrick Douglass Creative writing Center, good listener, Chi-town south sider, teacher, Music addict (still haven’t kicked this habit), wanna be MC, from a place nicknamed terror town, Cave Canem, Harlem dweller, movie lover, Tomboy when I was a kid, raised by my grandmother, love my family from a distance kinda person (accept my sister), non red meat eater, dream seeker..
Charan P. is a poet/performer/educator transplanted from Chicago to New York. Poetry takes its rightful place in her life--neck and neck with teaching. She has featured in the 2008 Black Women's Arts Festival in Philly and in the Washington DC's Poetry Festival. In NYC she has featured at venues such as the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, the Bowery Poetry Club, The Ashford & Simpson's Sugar Bar, and others.
Charan P. Feature @ First Fridayz - Poem To Save My Brother
Charan P. & Lacresha B @ First Fridayz - SoHa Hostage
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Hey Ms.Charan P! I hope everything is going well. I do plan on visiting you before I graduate. Times have been hella hectic since I'm graduating this year but I will be back in action soon. I hope the poetry world is treating you lovely. Just keep on doing what you do! Much love and respect!
Thank you for making the connection sis!!! Forever basking in light and loving the power in your words;-) Please do not be a stranger and know that you are ALWAYS welcome at my space:-)
Hey Charan! I hope everything is going well with you! I just hit Corporate up and apologized for my distance since I've been back from Ghana. I'm in Chicago now just readjusting. Let me know when you have any shows. I'll be back in New York in a week or so. Keep shining like I know you will. A reunion shall happen sometime soon!
