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Author, Teaching Artist, Professor, Poet, Performer, Playwright, Photographer, Radio Host, Mask Maker and more! 

Turiya’s message is one that delivers on its promise of educating, motivating, and inspiring a wide audience. For two decades, her work has incorporated the arts, pop culture, and history with personal, community, and political struggles. 
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Buy a copy of Turiya's limited edition chapbook, Poetic License.

​​“This warrior of light fearlessly uses words to resurrect love, hope, truth & beauty all in celebration of life.”    
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 - Avel Louise Gordly, former Oregon State Senator
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She's taught college classes for over a decade at Portland State University and in the fall of 2019, she started teaching courses at Washington State University located in Vancouver.
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Exploring her new Hi-Desert environment in Southern California, Turiya is making her mark there as well. She has stage managed and performed in productions with Miri Hunter's Thought Theater. As a reporter for The Desert Trail, for a year, Turiya covered local government, community happenings, school events, and much more. You can read more about the Hi-Desert here.
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Upcoming Events

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Teaching Schedule
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Fall 2020 Courses
Portland State University Courses
  • Race, Class and Gender
  • Intro African American Lit
WSU- Vancouver Course
  • Film as Literature
Summer 2020 Course
Portland State University Courses 
  • African American Women in the US
Spring 2020 Courses 
Portland State University Courses 
  • Race, Class and Gender
WSU- Vancouver Courses
  • Introduction to Black Studies
  • Intersections of Race, Class and Gender

Contact and Booking

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  • Home
  • Face Masks
  • Books
  • Press
    • The Commuter
    • AmbitMag Review
    • Street Roots Article
    • Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) Pieces
    • Monterey County Weekly- October 2014
    • Portland Observer Article