Sara London interviews Rachel Eliza Griffiths at Woven Tale Press:
Griffiths: “To survive, I must imagine a world that does not require the oppression and massacre of Black Lives. I must imagine that Black joy is worth the discomfort and dismantling of others’ dismissal of Black life, whether that dismissal happens through individuals or institutions. I must imagine a self, an identity that is not merely reactive to the battlefield and sirens of people who are more afraid that they will lose themselves if they do not have Black people to torture, sell, or kill.”
Read Full Interview: https://www.thewoventalepress.net/2020/10/06/poet-and-photographer/