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aja monet shares “why my love?”

 Photo by Fanny Chu Surrealist blues poet and organizer aja monet has released another gripping single, “why my love?” from her forthcoming album when the poems do what they do, releasing June 9 via drink sum wtr, a new imprint of All Flowers Group. Accompanied with a visualizer directed by aja herself, “why my love?” began …

“Who’s got time for poems when the world’s on fire?“- aja monet understands, listen “for sonia” Sanchez

Surrealist blues poet and cultural worker aja monet has released another moving single from her forthcoming album when the poems do what they do, slated for release June 9 via drink sum wtr, a new imprint of Secretly Canadian. “for sonia” is a love poem for the legendary poet Sonia Sanchez and the inspiration behind …

Surrealist blues poet and community organizer aja monet announces debut album, shares heavy “castaway” video

Surrealist blues poet and community organizer aja monet has announced her debut album when the poems do what they do is set for release June 9th via drink sum wtr, a new Secretly Canadian imprint. As previewed by the recently released piece “the devil you know,” and the newly shared “castaway,” the album’s thematic origins center around Black resistance, love, and the inexhaustible quest …