• Episode 20: Frank Waln & Tanaya Winder

  • Oct 12 2020
  • Length: 1 hr
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Episode 20: Frank Waln & Tanaya Winder

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  • Today, in recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day, we talk with Native poets and performing artists Frank Waln and Tanaya Winder, who will also play some of their powerful music. We hope you enjoy entering the mind of a writer. Listen to more episodes here. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS “I really believe in helping people heal through the power of love and I try to infuse anything I write -- whether it’s poetry, nonfiction, music -- into that.” “We started writing poetry to process the world, and kind of as an act of survival. When our backs were against the wall and we were growing up in the aftermath of genocide and facing things like depression and historical trauma and PTSD and suicide, poetry and expressing ourselves through those words helped us get through that.” “I play a few instruments. Music was always an escape for me, a safe space for me, as was reading and writing. But music was my language.” “I was taught as a Lakota person, time is fluid for my people and when yo
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In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.