"God sat on the galaxy's face and had a la petite mort and from that moment bore the sweet nebula I take my deepest naps in"
Nia Calloway on IG: @niacalloway
Filmed at the Tender Match Poetry Slam in Boston MA, a head-to-head slam event on Aug 8, 2019 between teams from Boston Poetry Slam and Bowery Poetry Club
Original poems “Thorns” & “Do Not Put Me In a Vase” Filmed by Farai Makoni.
Performance of original poem “Oh My God” by Nia Calloway at Bowery Poetry Club.
TW: Mental illness/eating disorder. First time performance of new piece “Breakfast” at Bowery Poetry Club. I never thought I’d make art of my struggles with this mental illness... I always approached eating disorders very clinically, as a subject to talk around, about, or through. Not a subject to relive through storytelling. Not as a cyclically fresh wound to bear. Not something to make beauty of. But love exists. Love of self exists. Love is louder than my shame. Love is stronger than my silence.
