A little bit of everything.
“The syntax of a sentence equals the structure of your consciousness." -June Jordan. From her essay, “Nobody Mean More to Me Than You and the Future Life of Willie Jordan.” In June Jordan’s university course, “The Art of Black English,” Jordan and her students explored Black English as a unique living language, “a system constructed… Continue reading
Some context for the strike called by the Writers Guild of America from former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. Support union labor. Solidarity forever. ✊🏿
“The Characteristics of Negro Expression” by Zora Neale Hurston.
The least you could do, if you ask someone to die for you, is take care of them, if they survive. -DPC
When it comes to poems you just start reading them out loud and see what happens-DPC
https://youtu.be/N2XPKRP7eSI “You got to make your own worlds, you got to write yourself in. Whether you were a part of the greater society or not, you got to write yourself in.” -Octavia E. Butler on why she became a writer. Charlie Rose interview. June 1, 2000.
“To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.” -bell hooks, “Feminism is For Everybody: Passionate Politics.” Are you an early-career writer from a community that’s underrepresented in publishing? The PEN America Emerging Voices Fellowship is accepting applications through January 31, 2023. The… Continue reading Links For The Voracious
the lesson of the falling leaves the leaves believe such letting go is lovesuch love is faithsuch faith is grace such grace is godi agree with the leaves -Lucille Clifton
At a literary talk, moderator Juan Williams asked Toni Morrison and Frank McCourt this question: “How do you survive whole in a world where we are all victims of something?” Morrison’s answer offers an approach to living that can be shaped by hopefulness and imagination. She said, “Sometimes you don’t survive whole, you just survive… Continue reading “But the grandeur of life is that attempt:” Toni Morrison on what survival can look like
Gwendolyn Brooks was born on June 7, 1917. In honor of her birthday, enjoy one of her poems. “Speech To The Young” is timeless. The sampling of the line "Even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night." has even become a hit on Tik Tok. Speech to the Young: Speech… Continue reading Happy Birthday, Gwendolyn Brooks
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