Poetry: Object Permanence by Hala AlyanThis neighborhood was mine first. I walked each block twice:Drunk, then sober. I lived every day with legs and headphones.Read More Song In My Head: Clay Pigeons by John Prine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Rucu7uNwc Art: Auguste Renoir’s Landscape Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “There is no greater agony than bearing …
Month: February 2021
Black History Month Care Package for Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021
Poetry: Paul Robeson by Gwendolyn BrooksThat timewe all heard it,cool and clear,cutting across the hot grit of the day.Read More Song In My Head: Bless Up by Koryn Hawthorne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1pDq0ABplY Art: Julie Mehretu’s Conjured Parts (eye), Ferguson Photo credit: mariangoodman.com Quote: “Belief in oneself and knowing who you are – I mean, that’s the foundation …
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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Monday, Feb. 18, 1974
In the Top Ten: Spiders and Snakes by Jim Stafford w/Dolly Parton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lYdD9DdLNY On the Bestseller List: Cosell by Howard Cosell Photo credit: ebay.com New In Theaters: Spasmo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY3AIPR-Mhs New In Comic Shops: Tarzan #228 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: The Magician https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xraAdKCaNSw Magazine Roulette: Sports Illustrated Photo credit: mycomicshop.com Zodiac/Horoscope: Click here Photo credit: …
Care Package for Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021
Poetry: How I Got That Name by Marilyn ChinAn essay on assimilationI am Marilyn Mei Ling ChinOh, how I love the resolutenessof that first person singularfollowed by that stalwart indicativeRead More Song In My Head:I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) by The Electric Prunes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjaHU8iuhmI Art: Paul Cézanne’s Trees and Houses Near the …
Black History Month Care Package for Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021
Poetry: Stars by John Warner SmithNew Orleans, a Tuesday, 7:30 A.M.I’m sipping coffee at a McDonald’s on Canalwhen two young black men, early twenties perhaps,Read More Song In My Head: Ghetto by India.Arie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM0RDglCneM Art: Zanele Muholi’s Ngwane I, Oslo Photo credit: guggenhiem.org Quote: “Just don’t give up what you’re trying to do. …
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