Khadijah Queen Gives Voice to the Black Peculiar

With a PhD in English and literary arts from the University of Denver, Khadijah Queen is the author of seven books of poetry and prose. Her work appears and has been praised in O Magazine, The New Yorker, Rain Taxi, and elsewhere. In this 2012 episode, she talks about what is essential in her creative practice and shares poems from her 2011 book Black Peculiar.