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Links For The Voracious
Erica Savage Wilson experienced a traumatic brain injury. In “Things Not Seen,” she reveals the daily challenges of recovery and holding on to the will to live. Breaking the glass ceiling is just the beginning. Labour MP Diane Abott provides a glimpse into what it’s like being Britain’s first Black Member of Parliament (MP). “This…
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Five Songs For The End of The Week
Across the country workers are on strike for fair wages and benefits and safe working conditions. In their honor, five songs of protest and solidarity.
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Are Four Artists Enough For a Lifetime of Listening Pleasure?
Could you really listen to only four musical artists for the rest of your life? Of course not, but it’s fun to think about. Everyday is a new opportunity to fall in musical love. A single song is all it takes. I fell for Carmen McRae, Nina Simone, and Grace Jones one song at a…
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“Paths are poems that write themselves into existence.”
Has someone already said this? If not, I’m claiming it.
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Five Songs For The End of The Week
“Music is a container that comes to us empty. The person that fills it is you.” -Buika
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Links For The Voracious
This edition of Links For The Voracious is about women who made history, attempts to deny history, and making sense of the past in art and life. Gloria Richardson could not tolerate the dehumanizing terror of second-class citizenship, so she organized. Her work to end segregation on Maryland’s Eastern Shore helped transform the nation. Ms.…
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Five Songs For The End of The Week
Cheers. We made it through another week. Relax. Celebrate. Whatever you do, be kind to yourself.
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Toni Morrison’s friends
Toni Morrison had enduring friendships with Angela Davis and Fran Lebowitz. That’s range. Angela Davis on Toni Morrison: “I have always been impressed by her ability to be so focused and to inhabit the universe of her writing while not neglecting the universe that involves the rest of us.” Fran Lebowitz on Toni Morrison: “People…
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In honor of Lucille Clifton’s birthday
won’t you celebrate with me By Lucille Clifton won’t you celebrate with mewhat i have shaped intoa kind of life? i had no model.born in babylonboth nonwhite and womanwhat did i see to be except myself?i made it uphere on this bridge betweenstarshine and clay,my one hand holding tightmy other hand; come celebratewith me that…
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Gwendolyn Brooks thought of clouds, too
I spend a lot of time looking at clouds. Their shapes, colors, and textures offer a universe of gorgeous possibilities. A cloud is a cloud is a cloud. Unless it’s a mermaid or an ice cream cone or whatever else comes to mind. Clouds tease and spark the imagination. They can be whatever someone wants…
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