the electro version of “flushed & in bloom”

 

I recorded two albums while writing the book. Both projects were inspired by the new poems.

kept & let go of

an instrumental album of chillhop-inspired arrangements. The song titles are lines from the book.

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The visual:

 


ELECTROPOEMS

Spoken word and moody electronic music. The poems were in their infant state when I recorded this. (“Connecting the Dots” changed quite a bit). This album is a peak into the process …

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January 20, 2023

READING & PERFORMANCE
6pm, Clerks
Free

* with Zania Cummings

 


 

April 4, 2023

VISUAL POETRY: MARCUS
AMAKER’S BOOK RELEASE PARTY

7pm, Charleston Music Hall
$15 (general admission)
$25 (general admission, includes book)
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* with Jammie Huynh, CONCEPT RXCH, Goose Creek High School
poets: Emerson Finch Muck, Alyssa Ruth-Cole, and I.R. Kingsley

 


 

April 8, 2023

READING & PERFORMANCE
2pm, Charleston County Main Library
Free


 

April 27, 2023

BOOK RELEASE PARTY
7pm, Charleston Library society
Free

* with Alexandra Peters

 


 

May 12, 2023

ELECTROPOEMS: SPOKEN WORD & SYNTHESIZERS
7pm, Public Works Art Center
Free

* with CONCEPT RXCH and Niecy Blues

 


 

June 3, 2023

DIGITAL POETRY: BOOK SIGNING & SOUND PERFORMANCE
11am, Sightsee
Free

COVER ART

The original cover of the book:

I designed this in 2021, thinking Hold would be a hardback book. Something about it didn’t sit right with me, so I scrapped it. Also, the title was Hold What Makes Us Whole when the concept came to me.

 


 

This was the second cover of the book. Artwork by Naledi Tshegofatso Modupi. I went in a different direction because I felt like I was repeating myself after the cover of The Birth of All Things.

 


 

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