Best of Button Week 393

“I wish I was a photograph tucked into the corners of your wallet. I wish I was a photograph you carried like a future in your back pocket.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s addition: Andrea Gibson! Congrats Poet!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Dave Harris, George Abraham, Ebony Stewart, William Evans, Michael Lee, Andrea Gibson, Rachel Wiley, and our newest release from Darius Simpson!

Darius Simpson – “Church Home”

Performed at IWPS 2019

“That’s the miracle of Black folks, to gather in grief, then move so much that it blossoms into joy.”

Don’t miss this moving poem from Darius Simpson, performing at IWPS 2019 in San Diego, CA

Get Darius’s debut book, Never Catch Me.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Rudy Francisco, Rachel Wiley, Dave Harris, Porsha Olayiwola, Ebony Stewart, Andrea Gibson, and our newest release from Darius Simpson!

Andrea Gibson – “Gender in the Key of Lyme Disease”

Performed in Longmont, CO

“Good god, there isn’t a healthy body in the world that is stronger than a sick person’s spirit.”

Don’t miss this amazing poem from Andrea Gibson, performing in Longmont, CO

Get Andrea’s stunning book, Dead Dad Jokes.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Rudy Francisco, Rachel Wiley, Dave Harris, Porsha Olayiwola, Ebony Stewart, Andrea Gibson, and our newest release from Topaz Winters!

Ebony Stewart – “Bodied”

Performed at the Button Studio

“My body is not a temple; it’s a chandelier of strange fruit, a museum of memories.”

Don’t miss this amazing poem from Ebony Stewart, performing at the Button Studio

Get Ebony’s incredible book, BloodFresh.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Rudy Francisco, Rachel Wiley, Dave Harris, Porsha Olayiwola, Ebony Stewart, Andrea Gibson, and our newest release from Topaz Winters!