Kate Hymes
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Kate Hymes
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In this episode of We Be Griots, host Esi Lewis sits down with Kate Hymes Flanagan — Ulster County's first Poet Laureate, and author of the poem "We Be Griots," which inspired the name of this very podcast series. Kate shares her story of growing up in segregated New Orleans, her journey to New York for graduate school, and her long career in education at SUNY New Paltz and beyond.
Kate also reflects on her path as a poet and her deep commitment to preserving the stories of Black communities in New Paltz. She closes with readings from two of her most powerful works, "Be Intentional" and "We Be Griots," reminding us that every person has a story worth telling — and that we are all capable of being griots ourselves.
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