Live from the Reading Room: Correspondence is a podcast series that aims to share interesting and engaging letters written by or to key historical figures from the African Diaspora.

Each episode highlights a letter from popular collections housed in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Today’s episode features a  letter from Trinidadian Poet Cheryl Boyce-Taylor to a group of friends and poets. 

Today’s correspondence is recited by Trinidadian native Natalya Mills-Mayrena. A costume historian, visual culture scholar, independent curator and educator whose scholarly writings and research integrates aspects of the Carnival arts, and Caribbean history with a central focus on dress and representation.