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2 poets bond over past works about being transgender, religion during lecture
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Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi (top left) and J. Mase III (top right) performed poems for their Zoom audience on Saturday night.
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As poet J. Mase III went into his favorite poem, “Zone of Rarity,” he asked his Zoom audience to collaborate with him by doing a call and response.
“When I say ‘story time,’ you say ‘story time,’” he said.
“Story time,” some audience members wrote in the chat.
“When I say ‘true story,’ you say ‘true story,’” he said.
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“True story,” some wrote again.