Minna Salami - Author of Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone
05/28/20 • 45 min
This week our guest is Minna Salami, author of Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:
- Showing up for your muse
- Having an idea that you’re obsessive about
- And more
If you’re a new listener to Fierce Womxn Writing, I would love to hear from you. Please visit my Contact Page and tell me about your writing challenges.
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This Week’s Writing Prompt
Each week the featured author offers a writing prompt for you to use at home. I suggest setting a timer for 6 or 8 minutes, putting the writing prompt at the top of your page, and free writing whatever comes to mind. Remember, the important part is keeping your pen moving. You can always edit later. Right now we just want to write something new and see what happens.
This week’s writing prompt is: Think about a topic that you want to write about. Write about this topic with sensuous knowledge. Conveying whatever topic you choose to write about in the most holistic and sensuous way that you can.
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In this episode, the author recommended these womxn writers:
- Elif Shafak, author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
- Bernadine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other
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This week our guest is Minna Salami, author of Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:
- Showing up for your muse
- Having an idea that you’re obsessive about
- And more
If you’re a new listener to Fierce Womxn Writing, I would love to hear from you. Please visit my Contact Page and tell me about your writing challenges.
Follow this Writer
- Visit her Website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
- Order Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone
Follow the Podcast
- Visit the Website for more info on the podcast
Follow the Host
- Slide into Sara Gallagher’s DM’s on Instagram
Follow our Partners
- Learn more about The Feminist Press, which lifts up insurgent and marginalized voices from around the world to build a more just future.
Become an Advertiser
- Use my Contact Page or hit me up on Insta
This Week’s Writing Prompt
Each week the featured author offers a writing prompt for you to use at home. I suggest setting a timer for 6 or 8 minutes, putting the writing prompt at the top of your page, and free writing whatever comes to mind. Remember, the important part is keeping your pen moving. You can always edit later. Right now we just want to write something new and see what happens.
This week’s writing prompt is: Think about a topic that you want to write about. Write about this topic with sensuous knowledge. Conveying whatever topic you choose to write about in the most holistic and sensuous way that you can.
Explore Womxn Authors
In this episode, the author recommended these womxn writers:
- Elif Shafak, author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
- Bernadine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other
Ensure the Podcast Continues
Love what you’re hearing? Show your appreciation and become a Supporter with a monthly contribution.
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- Episode 25: Bishakh Som - Author of Apsara Engine
- Episode 24: Aimee Liu - Author of Glorious Boy
- Episode 23: Valencia Robin - Author of Ridiculous Light
- Episode 22: Deborah Paredez - Author of Year of the Dog
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- Making sure your work isn’t too precious while you’re editing
- And more
If you’re a new listener to Fierce Womxn Writing, I would love to hear from you. Please visit my Contact Page and tell me about your writing challenges.
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- Visit the Website for more info on the podcast
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Follow our Partners
- Learn more about The Feminist Press, which lifts up insurgent and marginalized voices from around the world to build a more just future.
Become an Advertiser
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This Week’s Writing Prompt
Each week the featured author offers a writing prompt for you to use at home. I suggest setting a timer for 6 or 8 minutes, putting the writing prompt at the top of your page, and free writing whatever comes to mind. Remember, the important part is keeping your pen moving. You can always edit later. Right now we just want to write something new and see what happens.
This week’s writing prompt is: Dig up an old photo of yourself on a holiday. Preferably one with you and with people in the background. Now imagine yourself as one of the people in the background and how they regard you taking a photo as a tourist.
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This Week’s Writing Prompt
Each week the featured author offers a writing prompt for you to use at home. I suggest setting a timer for 6 or 8 minutes, putting the writing prompt at the top of your page, and free writing whatever comes to mind. Remember, the important part is keeping your pen moving. You can always edit later. Right now we just want to write something new and see what happens.
This week’s writing prompt is: Start with the phrase “flowers keep falling from your mouth,” and combine it with an emotion of your choosing. Expand on that metaphorical phrase through your own interpretation.
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