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Origins: Poetry, Pandemic, Progress

I'm obsessed with the rules of three. So much so that the triangle is my favorite shape (it's so angular and chic). Everyone should have a favorite shape. Enough inner dialogue though- Here we are, (it'll be my last time talking about my beginnings, next time will be on your tv screen or floating around on a non-incel podcast clip) the third and final blog for my mini Origins series, Origins: Poetry, Pandemic, Progress.

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Origins: Way Before Not A Monolith

They say long-form content is back! Although I wouldn't crown myself with the title of certified yapper, verbally that is. I quite literally always have something to write and I believe that's where this story begins. Before we get to the pivotal moments that led to my debut poetry book, Not A Monolith: poems and musings of a black woman, I must first lay the literary groundwork that helped shape Baby Tash.

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