performances & other media
audio
Chapped: Bridgette Bianca on be/trouble & the Legacy of Black PoetryThe Bleeders: about book writing & publishing
UCR/Skylit Podcast: what to do after mfa?
Join Rachel Will, Bridgette Bianca, Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick, and Sarah LaBrie as they discuss life before, during, and after the MFA, as well the current state of their careers.
Co-hosted by the UC Riverside MFA program.
NPR/KCRW - GREATER LA: Poet Bridgette Bianca on connecting through spoken word (originally aired 7/19/19, re-airred 1/20/20)
Full 1/20/20 episode (“Special: An impossible hospital bill, LA poetry, and the King of Pop’s photographer”) on KCRW, Stitcher, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.
For the 27th episode of Private Parts Unknown, your hosts Courtney Kocak & Sofiya Alexandra, welcome poet & professor Bridgette Bianca for a celebration of Black art & endurance. Listen on your favorite podcast apps like Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify.
BOOKMARKED! asha grant and bridgette bianca, presented by Art + Practice (4/30/20)
video interviews & live stream replays
Verse and Vision | Joko Collective with V. Kali, Hiram Sims, Yusef Doucet, and bridgette bianca
bridgette bianca | Poetry.LA Interview by Luivette Resto
My Poetry is Community (ft. Bridgette Bianca) The Poet Speaks Podcast Season 5 Episode #3
HomeShareLA: Broome Room (7/9/20). bridgette’s feature begins at 28:50.
PCC Summer Creative Writing Academy: Visiting Writer Workshop with bridgette bianca, hosted by Dr. Akilah Brown (7/8/20)
Venice/Mar-Vista Arts Festival: REIMAGINE: Readings by bridgette bianca, Jose Hernandez Diaz, Joseph Rios, Sholeh Wolpé, presented by Beyond Baroque (6/6/20)
THE ARRIVAL: A Juneteenth Reading featuring bridgette bianca, F. Douglas Brown, Camari Carter-Hawkins, Natashia Deon, and Ashaki M. Jackson, presented by BookSwell (6/18/20)
performances
POEM, Rapp Saloon first fridays april 2018
reading “there goes the neighborhood” at the rapp saloon in santa monica.
POEM, UN:FADE:ABLE READING SERIES MAY 2018
reading “i want the world to see this is what racism looks like” for the first time.
"that good black that don't crack: the big black poem,"the world stage on 11/8/17
affectionately called "the big black poem," bridgette debuted this during the anansi writers workshop at the world stage. this was her first solo feature spot.
we will bring them to heel, la palabra reading series on 10/22/17
Quick performance of "we will bring them to heel," a commentary on the national football league's treatment of protesting players and the underlying issues of brutality.
"was it good for you/like blood on dry ground," la lit crawl with the ovary office 10/25/17
the ovary office from the world stage invited bridgette bianca to be their surprise guest during lit crawl la. this is a quick poem titled, "was it good for you/like blood on dry ground."
three poems, un:fade:able reading series on 7/25/17
the final three poems read at the un:fade:able reading series: "now i play black mama," "an exasperated black woman," and "uppity negress."
"give us this day/death is our daily bread," la palabra reading series on 10/22/17
another performance from the la palabra reading. "give us this day/death is our daily bread" is about a young man who was murdered and how his death changed everything.