Ep 17: Writing in the Hoodoo Tradition with Hess Love

Hoodoo Plant Mamas

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We're joined by Hoodoo and writer Hess Love to discuss writing, spiritual bypassing, unpacking religious beliefs, and finding a spiritual teacher.

Hess is a family advocate, co-found of the Chesapeake Conjure Society, and community-appointed Hoodoo Historian/Griot. They write about intimate politics, you can find their work on RaceBaitr, Black Youth Project, Wear Your Voice Mag, Brown Girls Out Loud, AfroPunk, Romper, and Medium. You can find them online “politicking” about Blackness, Hoodoo, History, Feminism, Motherhood, Queerness, Food, Books, Sex and Humor.

Resources

Chesapeake Conjure Society
Writing in the Hoodoo Tradition Workshop Series
"raised to break" by Hess Love
"crab cakes" by Hess Love
Fatphobia Twitter thread
Tina McElroy Ansa, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Langston Hughes, Angela Davis, and Ishmael Reed
The Haunting of Hip Hop by Bertice Berry
Conjuring Culture: Biblical Formations of Black America by Theophus H. Smith
Big Mama Stories by Shay Youngblood
The Book of Night Women by Marlon James
Black Women Are Scary podcast
The Moonlit Road podcast

WRITING PROMPT

Go to the cemetery. (Cover your head with a light or white fabric.) Find a gravestone you feel called to. Research the person's life and write a paragraph, story, or poem.

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