Spoken-word poet and hip-hop artist Shirlette Ammons stopped by Live and Local last week, to celebrate the release of her new album “Spectacles” – her first in eight years. Visit ShirletteAmmons.com. “Spectacles” is a title with many layers. On one level, it references Ammons’ reaction against being made into a ‘spectacle’ – personally, as an object of childhood curiosity when paired with her identical twin sister Shorlette, or writ large as a Black artist in White-dominated culture and a queer woman in a hetero-centric, patriarchal society. On the other hand, as a performance artist Ammons is also in search of public attention, actively striving to be a ‘spectacle’ – on her own terms, thoug
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