Poetry: Eve Remembering by Toni Morrison1I tore from a limb fruit that had lost its free.My hands were warmed by the heat of an appleFire red and humming.Read More Song In My Head: Drone Bomb Me by Anohni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUEoic7ro_o Art: Loïs Mailou Jones’ Young Man In Red Sweater Photo credit: americanart.si.edu Quote: “You’ve got to …
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Poetry: It Is Maybe Time to Admit That Michael Jordan Definitely Pushed Off by Hanif Abdurraqibthat one time in the ’98 NBA finals & in praise ofone man’s hand on the waist of another’s & inpraise of the ways we guide our ships to theRead More Song In My Head: Ball of Confusion by The …
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Poetry: You Are Who I Love by Aracelis GirmayYou, selling roses out of a silver grocery cartYou, in the park, feeding the pigeonsYou cheering for the beesYou with cats in your voice in the morning,Feeding catsRead More Song In My Head:I Am Her by Shea Diamond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_zOOnvB7K8 Art: Amy Sherald’s Planes, Rockets, and the Spaces …
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Poetry: Lost and Found by Honey Bell-BeyEvery little black girl needs to take a trip tothe lost and found.Every little black girl needs to look throughboxes marked“rejected,”“abandoned,” “promiscuous”Read More Song In My Head: Lift Every Voice and Sing by Ray Charles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU8921j20e8 Art: Joshua Johnson’s Portrait of Adelia Ellender Photo credit: americanart.si.edu Quote: “Power concedes …
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Poetry: A Grain of Sand by Frances Ellen Watkins HarperDo you see this grain of sandLying loosely in my hand?Do you know to me it broughtJust a simple loving thought?Read More Song In My Head: Move On Up by Curtis Mayfield https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN3KsbnQZxU Art: Lorna Simpson’s 7 Mouths Photo credit: lsimpsonstudio.com Quote: “I swear to the …
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