Sights and Sounds is your weekly guide to the Bay Area arts scene through the eyes and ears of local artists. During shelter-in-place, instead of recommending in person events, we're suggesting ways to experience art and culture from home. This week, Jenee Darden speaks with poet Thea Matthews.
- A Pretty Little Wilderness by Cassandra Dallett
Cassandra Dallett is an Oakland-based poet whose work is raw and inspiring. This book is about being frustrated with the state of the country when it comes to race and class, but finding refuge in the wilderness from the chaos.
- Pose on Netflix
This inspiring and captivating FX series focuses on the Black and Latinx LGBTQ community who compete in New York City's ballroom culture during the 1980s. The first two seasons are streaming on Netflix.
- The Tradition by Jericho Brown
Jericho Brown is among the most profound poets alive today. He won a 2020 Pulitzer Prize for The Tradition. Watch a discussion he recently took part in for the Bay Area Book Festival.
Thea Matthews' debut poetry collection is called Unearth [The Flowers]
