Luis "L-Majesty" Pubon reading into a mic at The Low Beat in Albany, NY

Talking Writing, Poetry for Social Change, and New Books with Luis “L-Majesty” Pubon

 

Luis ‘L-Majesty’ Pabon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Poet and Spoken Word Artist born and raised in the Bronx, NY. He is the author of eight books of poetry including Bone Jelly, Bitter Boy Love Poems, Earth’s Bad Mouth, Raw Slaughter, Inclinations, and most recently Trouble Man (Kindle Publishing Direct, 2021) Luis has just completed his next full collection of poems entitled Luxurious Wreckage that is coming out later this year.

In this second part of our conversation, we talk about how Luis uses his writing to heal, how poetry can be a force for change, and his new collection of poems.

Plus we hear a new poem, “Did you make it home safe tonight?”

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