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a thought for today

may wrote 2 days ago: The world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in. James Bald … more →

Tags: Inspiration

10 Ways to get extremely inspired

none wrote 1 week ago: No.3 Travel the road less traveled A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving … more →

Tags: Travel, Thailand, Bangkok, Koh Phangan, Transportation, Lodging, Food, Foreign countries, Cultures

[248] Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin12 comments

Matthew wrote 1 week ago: “I was in terrible confusion. Sometimes I thought, but this is your life. Stop fighting it. St … more →

Tags: American Literature, Books, Contemporary Literature, gay literature, Literature, giovanni's room, GLBT literature

The Library of Suheir Hammad

B.J. De Guzman wrote 2 weeks ago: I wish this intro about Suheir was written by Suheir. Then you would see how her writing can be pier … more →

Tags: The Library of, Barbara Kingsolver, Chris Abani, Rainer Maria Rilke, Suheir Hammad

qotd

myownhuckleberry wrote 2 weeks ago: money, it turned out, was exactly like sex:  you thought of nothing else if you didn’t have it … more →

Tags: Quote Of The Day

December 5th2 comments

Bruce wrote 3 weeks ago: "Identity would seem to be the garment with which one covers the nakedness of the self: in whic … more →

Tags: Robes

Malcolm X - The Message To The Grassroots

iSpit wrote 3 weeks ago: Audio Here: Malcolm X – Message To  The GrassRoots We want to have just an off—the—cuff chat b … more →

Tags: A few of my favorite things, Speech, Malcolm X, Message to the grassroots, MLK, James Farmer, Carlyle Hotel, Kennedy, President

Name change

hcddavis wrote 1 month ago: I have not been updating this blog for quite some time now and, even when I do, it is sporadic and m … more →

Tags: Nat Turner, Southampton Rebellion, american studies, UW Bothell, BISAMS 364, David Walker, Slavery, African-American, Nat Turner Rebellion

French Vogue does Blackface: Now Black Women are Finally Pretty5 comments

hearthesiren wrote 1 month ago: Fashion isn’t supposed to be politically correct. If it was it wouldn’t be so fun and so … more →

Tags: Television, Race, film, Fashion, Art, racism, mammy, blackface, Vogue

writing. queerness. park. writing. etc.

wehavetobehavetobeerrant wrote 1 month ago: oooh. i can blog from my ipod. so strange. smaller and smaller and smaller. the technology. i’ … more →

Tags: Ancestors, Queer, writing

vehicles of thought1 comment

wehavetobehavetobeerrant wrote 1 month ago: < Hope Hippo, Allora & Calzadilla, a life-scale hippopotamus made of mud for the 2005 Venice … more →

Tags: extraction, Rambling, visual work, Poetry, from here to the corner, Allora & Calzadilla, Matthew Buckingham, artwork, Akram Zaatari

What is Protest For?

The Host of Our Program wrote 1 month ago: An exchange of letters regarding protest. One of Banksy's Finest The Original Letter: m- I’ve ha … more →

Tags: Letters, Protest, Banksy, Uncle Tom's Cabin, stencil, letter-writing, Protest Art

When you voted for Obama your work had only begun1 comment

profe wrote 1 month ago: One year ago today, on November 4, 2008, Barack Obama was elected President of the United States. At … more →

Tags: History, Politics, Barack Obama, change, historic election, HOPE, Justice, obama election, one year later

An Interview with James A. Emanuel

Janet Hulstrand wrote 2 months ago: Born in Alliance, Nebraska in 1921, James Andrew Emanuel found early jobs on farms and ranches, incl … more →

Tags: About Writers and their Work, African American writers, American expatriate writers, American poets, American writers in Paris, interviews with poets, James A. Emanuel, Langston Hughes, Poetry

Malcolm X Was Bisexual - Get Over It by Peter Tatchell

gayswithoutborders wrote 2 months ago: Malcolm X was bisexual. Get over it Black History Month should help break down homophobia by celebra … more →

Tags: Gay, GLBT, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, LGBT, Peter Tatchell, Gay life, Malcolm X, Black History Month

I conceive of God, in fact, as a means of liberation and not a means to control others.

apcig wrote 2 months ago: - James Baldwin … more →

Tags: God, libération

The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out...2 comments

pchtech wrote 2 months ago: … more →

Tags: compassion, kindness

'Urban' Fiction: We Don't Need It, Do We?2 comments

Chandra Kamaria wrote 2 months ago: As an avid reader and genuine lover of books, I really do not spend a lot of time  in bookstores.  W … more →

Tags: Artistic, Cultural/Social, Literature, African-Americans, urban fiction, Black Writers, Zora Neale Hurston, richard wright, black books

Paper - Susan Straight and James Baldwin: Salvation in Struggle

thayere wrote 2 months ago: Christopher Amelung Professor Martha Greenwald English 310 6 October 2009 Susan Straight and James B … more →

Tags: English 310: Writing About Literature, Susan Straight, Mines, Sonny's Blues, writing, Music, Short Fiction


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