A conversation with poet Rajnii Eddins about using “courageous vulnerability” to navigate the darkness.

Find a photo of Rajnii and the lyrics to the poems he reads in this episode at bravelittlestate.org.

This is the fifth installment of Homegoings, a series from Brave Little State that features conversations about BIPOC art and experience in Vermont. Find the full series here.

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Homegoings is a production of Vermont Public Radio, created by the Brave Little State team: Josh Crane, Angela Evancie and Myra Flynn, with help from Elodie Reed. Myra Flynn produced and mixed this episode, and composed the music.

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