Best of Button Week 203

“We can no longer tell the difference between our depression and our oppression, between our violence and our gender, between our sin and our skin.”
 
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Alok Vaid-Menon, Mya Rigoli, Desireé Dallagiacomo, & Blythe Baird! Congrats poets!
 
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Hanif Abdurraqib, Donte Collins, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, & our newest release from Blythe Baird!

Zack Lesmeister – “Tongue Twister” (Button Live)

Performing at Button Poetry Live.

“My grandmother taught me tongue twisters so I remember where I come from, but I want to carry our history without carrying our trauma.”

Don’t miss this stunning poem from Zack Lesmeister, performing at Button Poetry Live.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, & our newest release from Blythe Baird!

Jaylene Clark Owens – “My Voice, My Choice”

2018 Button Poetry Video Contest.

“This face is Black 24/7, I can’t turn it on and off based on time and place.”

Don’t miss this marvelous poem by Jaylene Clark Owens, RUNNER-UP in the 2018 Button Poetry Video Contest!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, & our newest release from Blythe Baird!

Crystal Valentine – Black Privilege (1M Views!)

“Black privilege is me having already memorized my nephew’s eulogy. My brother’s eulogy. My father’s eulogy. My unconceived child’s eulogy.”

Congratulations to Crystal Valentine on topping 1,000,000 views on this powerful poem! Watch more videos from Crystal here and here!



While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Rachel Wiley, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, & our newest release from Blythe Baird!

Tabatha Perez & Eliza Hope Duran – “Sirens”

Performing at the 2018 Get Lit Classic Slam.

“Our parents, like the Cyclops, indulged in fermented fruit. It doesn’t matter how thick blood is when alcohol is a blood thinner.”

Don’t miss this phenomenal poem from Tabatha Perez & Eliza Hope Duran, performing during the 2018 Get Lit Words Ignite Classic Slam, the largest youth poetry tournament in Southern California. Order Get Lit Rising today at simonandschuster.com, and join the #LiteraryRiot at getlit.org.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, & our newest release from Blythe Baird!

Best of Button Week 202

“I wrote you too many poems in a language I did not yet know how to speak.”
Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s additions: Andrea Gibson, Melinda Hernandez, & Francis Rundle! Congrats poets!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Hanif Abdurraqib, Donte Collins, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, & our newest release from Blythe Baird!

Arvind Nandakumar – “That’s Just Your Autism Speaking” (Button Live)

Featuring at Button Poetry Live.

“It’s puzzling, isn’t it? To be a collector’s item for social justice, a demon child in some parts of your own country, a Nobel Prize in retrospect, and a nuisance to everyone else.”

Don’t miss this remarkable poem from Arvind Nandakumar, featuring at Button Poetry Live.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Phil Kaye, Andrea Gibson, & our newest release from Blythe Baird!