Ep 17: Writing in the Hoodoo Tradition with Hess Love

Hoodoo Plant Mamas

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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