Interview with Vita E. Cleveland

Waves Breaking

I am so honored to get to speak with Vita E. Cleveland about her recent chapbook Dedications. The conversation, of course, wanders toward her percussion expertise, musings on art's intersection with activism, slut shaming in activist circles, and more.

Notes of Poets Mentioned in this episode: Vita E's tumblr Vita E's youtube Vita's new ebook, Dedications Saul WilliamsJ Mase III Regie Cabico Kavindu Ade awQward Talent Agency TaneshaNicole Tyler's performance at TED Talk Timothy DuWhite CeCe McDonald giving a talk at the Humanist Hall Dane Figueroa Edidi Ashleigh Shackelford Capturing Fire 2016 Kay Barrett Kit Yan Venus Selenite Linette Reeman Nik Moreno Edited by: Mitchel Davidovitz, whose experimental audio work you can check out at his bandcamp. "The Sounds of Waves Breaking" was Vita E's drum solo "Clave." You can listen to the entirety of "Clave" at her SoundCloud page. Transcripts forthcoming.