Uncut Poetry Salon featuring the Award-Winning African-American Poet Katerina Canyon!

Welcome to the Salon edition of Uncut Poetry.   In the Salon edition, we will feature interviews of cutting-edge poets, readings of my favorite poetry, reviews of poetry books which I have fallen in love with, and pretty much everything related to poetry. Every month, once a week!   In the inaugural episode, we feature the African-American poet Katerina Canyon.   Katerina Canyon is an Award Winning Poet, Best Selling Author, Civil Rights Activist, and Essayist. She grew up in Los Angeles and much of her writing reflects that experience.   Her first book of poetry, <a href='https://www.amazon.com/dp/1548379069/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_dp_BXbSzbWKTA4S0'>Changing the Lines</a>, was released in August 2017. This book is a conversation between mother and daughter as they examine what it means to operate within the world as black women.   Katerina Canyon is a 2020 and 2019 Pushcart Prize Nominee. Her stories have been published in <a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/nyregion/metropolitan-diary-bread-crumbs-scattered-on-the-sidewalk.html'>The New York Times</a>, <a href='https://www.huffpost.com/entry/domestic-abuse_b_8332878'>The Huffington Post</a>, and <a href='https://folks.pillpack.com/confessions-of-a-recovering-superwoman/'>Folks</a>. Her poetry has been published in <a href='http://www.cathexisnorthwestpressarchive.com/the-last-lecture-penance-womens-march/'>CatheXis Northwes</a>t, <a href='https://www.estheticapostle.com/leaving-a-mark'>The Esthetic Apostle</a>, Into the Void, Black Napkin, and <a href='https://www.waxingandwaning.org/issue-03/2-poems-by-katerina-canyon/'>Waxing & Waning</a>.  From 2000 to 2003, she served as the Poet Laureate of Sunland-Tujunga. During that time, she started a poetry festival and ran several poetry readings.  She currently lives in Seattle.   She was featured in the Los Angeles Times and was awarded the Montesi Award from Saint Louis University in 2011, 2012, and 2013. She has published multiple chapbooks and an album.    Katerina Canyon will be releasing her new poetry b