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Medlin, Sean Avery

Medlin, Sean Avery

<div class="ExternalClassAB79E8B5A8FC4BF5B5E468A790044950"><h2>​Meet local author Sean Avery Medlin.</h2><h3>Genre: Memoir / Poetry<br></h3><h3>Title: <em>808s & Otherworlds: Memories, Remixes & Mythologies</em></h3><p>​<br></p><p><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Sean Avery Medlin (he/they) is a gamer and Hip-Hop nerd, whose only wish in this world is to watch an unproblematic, Black sci-fi series. Till then, Medlin teaches as both a Teaching Artist and 9th-12th grade educator. Their dream is to create rap, poetry, prose and performance full-time. Their music, literature, and theater all question the limits of Black masculinity, media (mis)representation, and personal narrative.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p><p><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN"></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Medlin’s work has been featured in </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"><em>Phoenix New Times</em></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"><em>, </em></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"><em>Chicago Tribune</em></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"><em>, </em></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"><em>Los Angeles Review of Books</em></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"><em>, </em></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"><em>Teen Vogue</em></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"><em>, </em></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"><em>Afropunk</em></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"><em>, </em></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"><em>Blavity</em></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">, the </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">2018-2019 Chicago Hip-Hop Theater Festival</span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">, and the </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">2020 Tucson Poetry Festival</span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">. Their Hip-Hop play and album, </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">skinnyblk</span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">, along with their EPs </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">I Never Left</span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"> and </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">ECHOES</span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">, are available online at </span><a href="http://superseanavery.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">superseanavery.com. </span></span></a><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"><em>Mythologies</em></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"> is Medlin’s debut collection of essays and poetry, published by Two Dollar Radio, available in audio, digital, and print everywhere books are sold in the U.S., the U.K., and Canada. You can follow them on Instagram @skinnyblksean.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p><p><br></p></div>

 

 

 

 

Author Sean Avery Medlin	Author Sean Avery Medlin	https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/images/Local Author Fair/Medlin/LAF_Medlin_web.jpg	1201
"808s & Otherworlds: Memories, Remixes & Mythologies" by Sean Avery Medlin	"808s & Otherworlds: Memories, Remixes & Mythologies" by Sean Avery Medlin	https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/images/Local Author Fair/Medlin/LAF_Book_Medline_808s_web.jpg	1202