{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Interview with Venus Selenite","description":"This month, I had the pleasure of meeting Venus Selenite in person while she started her first leg of her #RehabYearTour. Venus is a Bettering American Poetry 2016 nominee, a 2017 Pink Door Fellow, and one of the most notable trans women of color interdisciplinary artists in the United States. She is the author of two books: trigger and the fire been here. She lives in Washington, D.C. and the internet. Venus's website Venus's Patreon trigger The Fire Been Here James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time Nameless Woman anthology Goddess X KOKUM\u1ecc J Mase III Jamie Berrout Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi  Her new book: For Black Trans Girls Who Gotta Cuss a Motherfucker Out When Snatching an Edge Ain't Enough Jayy Dodd  Their new book Mannish Tongues Also, shameless plug for my interview with them back on Episode 10 What you can do to support trans artists of color (thread) The Sound of Waves Breaking is by Chris Lynn, a recording of voices in Washington, D.C. near the Jefferson Memorial.   The editor is Mitchel Davidovitz, and the show is produced by me.  ","author_name":"Waves Breaking","author_url":"http:\/\/wavesbreaking.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"