Javon Johnson: Building a Poetry Career & Prioritizing a Political Agenda

In this episode, I’m joined by Javon Johnson. The two of us dive into Javon's journey from the epics fails as a beginner poet to building a solid career focused on a political agenda. Javon is the author of Killy Poetry, Ain’t Never Not Been Black, and Viral Poems. Additionally, he writes for The Huffington Post, The Root, and Our Weekly. And, he has appeared on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, BET’s Lyric Café, TV One’s Verses & Flow, and The Steve Harvey Show, and also co-wrote the Showtime documentary Cr