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We’re all as simple and complex as anyone else
“Everyone can relate to an image of a Black woman . . . the same way I can relate to any of Whistler’s portraits.” -Artist Claudette Johnson in The New York Times, Artist Questionnaire.
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Octavia E. Butler on why she became a writer
“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.”
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Links For The Voracious
“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…
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Happy Birthday, Ella Baker!
Ella Baker’s genius as an organizer and strategist for justice and civil rights transformed the lives of millions of people around the world. “Oppressed people, whatever their level of formal education, have the ability to understand and interpret the world around them, to see the world for what it is, and move to transform it.”…
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What is the greatest 3-album run of all time?
Over on Twitter, Eric Alper (@ThatEricAlper) asked this question on Thanksgiving morning. Perfect timing for music nerds, musicaholics, and other armchair music hounds with a love for lists and time on their hands. There were some great classic answers in the replies including Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, and Bob Dylan. Naturally. Aretha Franklin immediately came…
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Lucille Clifton on autumn
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
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe gave us rock n’ roll
Visionary, innovator, and the original guitar god.
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5 Songs For The End of The Week
If you’re not invited to the party, throw your own.” -Diahann Carroll “Big Mama Thornton with The Muddy Waters Band-1966” is on my list of albums for required listening. According to Smithsonian Folkways Recording, “. . . the session was recorded without the benefit of a rehearsal. . .” You can hear the through lines…
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“But the grandeur of life is that attempt:” Toni Morrison on what survival can look like
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…
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Rules To Live By: André De Shields
Tony Award winning actor André De Shields’ three cardinal rules for sustainability and longevity. Cardinal Rule #1: Surround yourself with people whose eyes light up when they see you coming. Cardinal Rule #2: Slowly is the fastest way to get to where you want to be. Cardinal Rule #3: The top of one mountain is…
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