Mama Linda Goss, the Peale’s Storyteller-in-Residence since 2017, is a griot and performer in the African diasporic oral tradition. She is a co-founder of the National Association of Black Storytellers, which works to preserve folk traditions. In 2019, she was awarded a NEA Heritage Fellowship.
In these recordings, Mama Linda Goss shares stories, poetry, songs, and insights about everything from Earth Day to the untimely death of George Floyd to talking to youth about race and racism.
Part of the Peale’s story collection, which allows people of all ages and backgrounds to share their thoughts about Baltimore and the larger world.
Find complete transcripts for these stories:
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: Blues Lamentation for George Perry Floyd, A Poem
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: Blues Lamentation for George Perry Floyd, A Poem and Interview
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: Blues Lullaby for Mama Earth, A Poem
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: Mama Ocean Blue, A Poem
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: Mama Ocean Blue, A Poem and Interview
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: There is a Place, A Poem
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: Down in the Valley, A Poem
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: Blues Lullaby for Mama Earth, A Poem
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: North Avenue, A Poem
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: There is Beauty, A Poem and Interview
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: Justice Mountain, A Poem
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: In The Valley, A Poem
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: In The Valley, A Poem and Interview
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: Morning Bell Prayer, A Poem
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: Morning Bell Prayer, A Poem and Interview
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: A Tiger Swallowtail Flies, A Poem
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: A Tiger Swallowtail Flies, A Poem and Interview
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: A Praise Song in Tribute to Cicely Tyson, A Poem
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: A Praise Song in Tribute to Cicely Tyson, A Poem and Interview
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: Awake, O’ Spring!, A Poem
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: Awake, O’ Spring!, A Poem and Interview
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: Handwoven, A Poem
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: Handwoven, A Poem and Interview
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: My Mother Bell, A Poem
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: My Mother Bell, A Poem and Interview
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: Spring is an Angel, A Poem
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: Spring is an Angel, A Poem and Interview
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: Ma, Mama, Mother, Momma, Mom, Mother Dear, Momma Love, and MOMMY, A Song
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: Ma, Mama, Mother, Momma, Mom, Mother Dear, Momma Love, and MOMMY, A Song and Interview
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: Praise Song for the Caregiver, A Song
- Mama Linda’s Chapbook: Praise Song for the Caregiver, A Song and Interview
Poem Copyright © 2021 by Linda Goss