![]() ![]() She is also an excellent Graduate Student Instructor in Abigail De Kosnik's Making Sense of Cultural Data seminar. Grace is currently a PhD scholar in African American/African Diaspora studies at UC Berkeley. Lashon is also the creator of Stories&Slams, a platform to share and discuss storytelling and spoken word poetry. Okra Sells Fresh Fruits and Vegetables is her first children’s book. ![]() Although fiction is her dominant genre, creative non-fiction, poetry, journalism, and children’s literature are all a growing part of her literary repertoire. She holds an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College (2008) and an MA in Folklore (2015) from UC Berkeley.Īs a writer, songwriter, and spoken word poet Lashon has performed in various cities around the country including venues in Berkeley, Miami, New Orleans, and New York. Her research focuses on the performances of Brer Rabbit tales within U.S. ![]() ![]() Lashon is a PhD scholar in Performance Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. " is an Afro-futurist scholar by day and a fly, fly, fly superhero by night and today she's going to tell us how she became a comic book enthusiast!" Grace Gipson reminisces about the moment her passion for comic books began and how she became a “Doctor of Comic Books." Lashon Daley, author, podcaster and Ph.D student with Designated Emphasis in New Media, featured Grace Gipson, also a BCNM Designated Emphasis student, on her podcast Stories&Slams! ![]()
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