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Shauna Barbosa: Cape Verdean Blues

The poetry of Cape Verdean Blues is organic, melancholic, and gorgeous. Shauna Barbosa starts with feeling, shines with honesty, and questions everything.

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By Michael Silverblatt • May 24, 2018 • 28m Listen

The poetry of Cape Verdean Blues is organic, melancholic, and gorgeous. It starts with feeling, shines with honesty, and questions everything. Shauna Barbosa says some people may never discover who they are, and not knowing can be just as powerful as knowing. She discusses being responsive to words; language sounds great when you pay attention to it.

Photos by Sydney Brown.

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