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A L A S K A H U M A N I T I E S F O R U M S P R I N G 2021
PHOTOS COURTESY OF ASYA GIPSON AND TOYA BROWN
I’m Asya Gipson. I’m a part-time poet and a full-time student. I’m currently a senior at West, but I’m also a future Brown student (whoop!). I plan on majoring in political science and Modern Culture and Media, a.k.a. film. One of the things I want to learn how to do is screenwrite. I plan on making my own movies, so stay tuned for that.
I’m Toya Brown. I’m a mother, writer/ poet, human. I’ve been writing the majority of my life. I started journaling and writing poetry when I was 10. I needed an outlet as a child and I found comfort in sharing my most intimate thoughts with the page. I honestly didn’t want to suffer the consequence of saying some of what I considered terrible thoughts out loud. I believe there is catharsis in writing and when used as a mechanism for healing, it can be life changing. Now I’m a mother of one and I’m very happy she has also picked up the craft of writing. In fact I’m really happy to be able to share this moment with my daughter Asya Gipson today.
