Interview with poet cc lindh (boyz will b boyz)

Poet cc lindh is become a WILDsound Festival staple.

Here is her recent poem boyz will be boyz:

Matthew Toffolo chats with cc lindh:

Matthew: What is the theme of your poem?

cc: My poem is about my first experience with the feeling of being just a toy for boys. It was the first time that I can remember feeling terrified and powerless at an extreme level. I also wanted to write something that speaks about sexual abuse and rape as more than 20% of women/girls are violated. This is an unbelievable statistic in this day and age.

Matthew: How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry reading?

cc: I hope that my poem generates dialogue. It is only through talk, discourse, that problems have a hope of ever being solved. There’s a long road ahead, unfortunately.

Matthew: How long have you been writing…