Connecticut poet Rohanna Ssanyu Delossantos has a new chapbook, “The Marabou Who Crossed the Sea,” a collection inspired by her family's roots in Uganda and her own experience growing up between cultures.

What do we inherit from the places our parents left behind?

Connecticut poet Rohanna Ssanyu Delossantos discusses her new chapbook, “The Marabou Who Crossed the Sea,” a collection inspired by her family's roots in Uganda and her own experience growing up between cultures.

We explore how poetry can serve as a vehicle to unpack family history, navigate questions of identity, and carry memories across generations.

Rohanna will be at the Pardee-Morris Museum in New Haven on August 9 for an afternoon of art and storytelling.

Guests:
Rohanna Ssanyu Delossantos: New Haven-based poet, author of “The Marabou Who Crossed the Sea” 

Connecticut poet Rohanna Ssanyu Delossantos has a new chapbook, &ldquo;The Marabou Who Crossed the Sea,&rdquo; a collection inspired by her family's roots in Uganda and her own experience growing up between cultures.
What do we inherit from the places our parents left behind?
Connecticut poet Rohanna Ssanyu Delossantos discusses her new chapbook, &ldquo;The Marabou Who Crossed the Sea,&rdquo; a collection inspired by her family's roots in Uganda and her own experience growing up between cultures.
We explore how poetry can serve as a vehicle to unpack family history, navigate questions of identity, and carry memories across generations.
Rohanna will be at the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newhavenmuseum.org/53555-2/">Pardee-Morris Museum in New Haven on August 9</a>&nbsp;for an afternoon of art and storytelling.
Guests:
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<li><a href="https://www.rohannassanyu.com/about-me">Rohanna Ssanyu Delossantos</a>: New Haven-based poet, author of &ldquo;<a href="https://obodoserendipitybooks.com/book/9781957248639">The Marabou Who Crossed the Sea</a>&rdquo;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

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Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.