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Porsha Olayiwola’s Transparent Poetry About Blackness, Sexual Identity, And Body Image Deserves Your Attention

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by Ayanna Nicole

April 18, 2019

Boston’s newly appointed poet laureate, Porsha Olayiwola, has had quite the journey as a Black queer poet. In an interview with Essence,...