Two official St. Louis poets don鈥檛 always agree on what鈥檚 appropriate but they do concur on at least one thing: If you want change, you've got to work for it. For this pair, words are the tools.
In our latest , we talk with St. Louis鈥� first, and new , a student at Grand Center Arts Academy.
Castro, 71, finishes his term at the end of this month. Adero, 17, is just getting started. As you'll hear in the podcast, she's tackling subjects ranging from female genital mutilation to misogyny in the halls of high school. Castro thinks her words can make a difference.
Here鈥檚 some of what you鈥檒l here in the discussion:
- Castro, on Adero鈥檚 poem about (which you'll hear in the podcast): 鈥淚t鈥檚 a tremendous poem, and it鈥檚 amazing; you would have thought that would have come from an older writer.鈥�
- Adero, about her mom and dad connecting her with community: 鈥淢y parents get me involved in anything and everything.鈥�
- Adero, on what she tells her school poetry club about using profanity: "If they can't describe anything without that word, then go ahead and use it."
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