Episode 4 - Performance art & Intellectuality 

In this episode I had the honor of interviewing East bay native R. Shawntez Jackson, aka “Shawntez the Poet”.  He is an award winning poet/ spoken word artist, dramaturg, creative director, producer, playwright, professional actor, community planner and educator; as well as, the father of Wordsi2i a community empowerment program utilizing creative expression for disenfranchised communities.
Described as a vivid story-teller, unapologetically adjoining and dismembering words to creatively frame and display some of the best and worst details of life, biases of culture, relationships, religion and sexuality. Jackson’s work is vivid and has such a wide range from full length plays (School Me, Avon Lady Calling) to short story publications (Evidence of Heaven under a Tent). 

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