1 hr 3 min
Interview with Jennif(f)er Tamayo Influx Collectiv: The Podcast
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- Society & Culture
Jennif(f)er Tamayo (they/them) is a poet, performer, and educator. As a formerly detained undocumented migrant, their writing and performance reimagines and queers cultural narratives about “illegal migration” and belonging. They are the author of the visual art and poetry collections [Red Missed Aches, Read Mistakes, Red Mistakes, Read Missed Aches] (2011), YOU DA ONE (2017) and to kill the future in the present (2018). JT has received fellowships from the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, The Arts Research Center, Hemispheric Institute, and CantoMundo. Their work has been staged at The Brooklyn Museum, BAMPFA, Midtown Arts & Theatre Center Houston, and La Mama Theatre among others. JT currently lives on Saponi, Occaneechi Saponi, Eno and Shakori territories (sections of the Triad region of North Carolina) where they are building a school with their partner, family and doggies.
Jennif(f)er Tamayo (they/them) is a poet, performer, and educator. As a formerly detained undocumented migrant, their writing and performance reimagines and queers cultural narratives about “illegal migration” and belonging. They are the author of the visual art and poetry collections [Red Missed Aches, Read Mistakes, Red Mistakes, Read Missed Aches] (2011), YOU DA ONE (2017) and to kill the future in the present (2018). JT has received fellowships from the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, The Arts Research Center, Hemispheric Institute, and CantoMundo. Their work has been staged at The Brooklyn Museum, BAMPFA, Midtown Arts & Theatre Center Houston, and La Mama Theatre among others. JT currently lives on Saponi, Occaneechi Saponi, Eno and Shakori territories (sections of the Triad region of North Carolina) where they are building a school with their partner, family and doggies.
1 hr 3 min