Dust + Dignity Podcast: Episode 12 featuring
Yolanda Wisher
Philadelphia-based poet, singer, educator and curator Yolanda Wisher is the author of Monk Eats an Afro (Hanging Loose Press, 2014) and the co-editor of Peace is a Haiku Song (Philadelphia Mural Arts, 2013). Wisher was named the inaugural Poet Laureate of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in 1999 and the third Poet Laureate of Philadelphia for 2016-2017. A Pew and Cave Canem Fellow, Wisher was awarded the Leeway Foundation’s Transformation Award in 2019 for her commitment to art for social change. Wisher taught high school English for a decade, served as Director of Art Education for Philadelphia Mural Arts, and founded and directed the Germantown Poetry and Outbound Poetry Festivals. She performs a unique blend of poetry and song with her band The Afroeaters and has led workshops and curated events in partnership with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Free Library of Philadelphia, and the U.S. Department of Arts & Culture. Wisher was part of the first cohort of artists with studios at the Cherry Street Pier on the Delaware River Waterfront. She is currently the Curator of Spoken Word and producer of the podcast Love Jawns: A Mixtape at Philadelphia Contemporary, a freestanding space for contemporary and performance art.
Website / Social Media Links:
YolandaWisher.com
Yolanda Wisher on Twitter
Featured Music:
Dotmatic – Dust + Dignity Theme
Brandee Younger & Dezron Douglas – The Creator Has a Master Plan
Soul II Soul – Keep On Moving
Soul II Soul – Keep On Moving (Instrumental)
Keith Sweat – Right and Wrong Way
Guy – Goodbye Love (Instrumental)
Dotmatic – Shaken
Dotmatic – 1970 What
Dali – The Sound (Aeon Remix Instrumental)
4Hero – Les Fleur (Instrumental)
Visioneers – Swahililand
Jneiro Jarel – Banana Peel (Cáscara de plátano) Feat. Masauko Chipembere
Azymuth – Auroa
Al Green – Simply Beautiful (Instrumental)
Pharoah Sanders – Hum Allah Hum Allah Hum Allah
Alice Coltraine ft. Pharoah Sanders – Journey In Satchidananda
