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The power of Poetics | Teré Fowler-Chapman | TEDxTucson

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2017 · Nonprofits & Activism

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The power of poetics is in the strength we have as a community,” says non binary poet Teré Fowler-Chapman. In this talk they explore how our everyday language connects and impacts who we are.

Teré Fowler-Chapman is a gender fluid writer. Words on the Avenue founder Teré Fowler-Chapman is a gender fluid writer– by way of this Sonoran Desert | by way of the boot’s bayou. This poet is a winner of National Arts Strategies’ Creative Community Fellowship, an educator, and family man. You can find Teré’s storytellings forthcoming or published in/on: VOCA, TEDxStarrPassWomen, Feminist Wire, Arizona Public Media NPR, Transcendence Magazine, & Literary Orphans. 

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

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