Olatunde Osinaike: Nobody Gets to Question What I Feel

Poetry Centered

Olatunde Osinaike curates poems that meld comedy, cultural scrutiny, and self-imagination. He introduces Patricia Spears Jones clearing a path for desire (“Self-Portrait as Midnight Storm”), Morgan Parker pursuing feeling through description (“Magical Negro #217: Diana Ross Finishing a Rib in Alabama, 1990s”), and Ishmael Reed satirizing wealth and importance (“Sixth Street Corporate War”). Olatunde closes with his own self-identification, “Self-Portrait in Lieu of My EP.”

Find the full recordings of Spears Jones, Parker, and Reed reading for the Poetry Center on Voca:

Patricia Spears Jones (October 21, 2017)
Morgan Parker (September 6, 2018)
Ishmael Reed (March 29, 1989)

فصول

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Patricia Spears Jones' "Self-Portrait as Midnight Storm" (00:01:20)

3. Morgan Parker's “Magical Negro #217: Diana Ross Finishing a Rib in Alabama, 1990s” (00:06:45)

4. Ishmael Reed's “Sixth Street Corporate War” (00:14:36)

5. Olatude Osinaike reads “Self-Portrait in Lieu of My EP" (00:20:34)