Bonus Reading: Ocean Vuong's "Prayer for the Newly Damned" - a podcast by C. R. Grimmer

Unbelievably brilliant and relevant artist, writer, and editor Colleen Burner requested this Ocean Vuong poem, "Prayer for the Newly Damned," for today's reading as resistance and healing (and coping). And I am so, so glad they did. The poem in The American Review: (https://www.aprweb.org/poems/prayer-for-the-newly-damned) // On Ocean Vuong: (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ocean-vuong) // Colleen Burner: (https://colleenburnerwrites.wordpress.com/about/) ? The Poetry Vlog is a YouTube Channel and Podcast dedicated to building social justice coalitions through poetry, pop culture, cultural studies, and related arts dialogues. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join our fast-growing arts & scholarship community (youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog?sub_confirmation=1). Connect with us on Instagram (instagram.com/thepoetryvlog), Twitter (twitter.com/thepoetryvlog), Facebook (facebook.com/thepoetryvlog), and our website (thepoetryvlog.com).

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