<description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, Ocean chats with Tariq about the publication of his debut collection of poetry, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LONE LILY.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tariq Thompson is a Black poet from Memphis, Tennessee. He attends Kenyon College, where he is both an Associate &amp;amp; Social Media Intern for &lt;em&gt;The Kenyon Review. &lt;/em&gt;He also serves as the Social Media Editor for Shade Literary Arts. He is the recipient of the 2020 Adroit Prize for Poetry &amp;amp; the Academy of American Poets Prize from Kenyon College. Aside from poetry, his loves include Pokémon, Studio Ghibli, &amp;amp; &lt;em&gt;The Last of Us &lt;/em&gt;franchise. His debut collection of poetry, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LONE LILY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, explores the meaning of community through Black history, and seeks to intertwine notions of past, present, and future.&lt;/p&gt;
</description>

In this episode, Ocean chats with Tariq about the publication of his debut collection of poetry, LONE LILY.
 
Tariq Thompson is a Black poet from Memphis, Tennessee. He attends Kenyon College, where he is both an Associate &amp; Social Media Intern for The Kenyon Review. He also serves as the Social Media Editor for Shade Literary Arts. He is the recipient of the 2020 Adroit Prize for Poetry &amp; the Academy of American Poets Prize from Kenyon College. Aside from poetry, his loves include Pokémon, Studio Ghibli, &amp; The Last of Us franchise. His debut collection of poetry, LONE LILY, explores the meaning of community through Black history, and seeks to intertwine notions of past, present, and future.

Poetry on the Path

A Conversation with Tariq Thompson

A Conversation with Tariq Thompson

Description