November 2011
2 posts
October 2011
5 posts
“Is G-d being or pure force? The wind
Or what commands it? When our lives slow...”
–
“The Weather in Space” / Life on Mars / Tracy K. Smith
Poems of Childhood, Grief and Deep Space →
The poet Tracy Smith imagines a soundtrack for the universe and mourns her father, who worked on the Hubble Telescope.
“geology writes
a eulogy for all that it buries
by pressing words, like moths,...”
– excerpted from “Geodes” / Crystallography / Christian Bök
September 2011
1 post
May 2011
1 post
“In order to rise
From its own ashes
A phoenix
First
Must
Burn.”
– —
Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower
April 2011
1 post
Dr. Emmett Brown needs to invent a flux capacitor that will allow me to live a million lives simultaneously.
February 2011
3 posts
“What will you do now, Mr. Bigelow?”
“Well, first of all, I’ll...”
– Carousel
2011, International Year for People of African... →
In case you didn’t get the memo either, it’s our year.
November 2010
2 posts
WatchNova (set to “Sons of Light and Darkness” by Helios)
October 2010
1 post
September 2010
5 posts
September 11, 2001
We were living in the basement apartment of a fierce Chicana activist turned lawyer and her teenaged daugher. She was a board member at El Centro Su Teatro where I was interning through the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training. I was getting ready to leave to drop my daughter off at daycare before heading in to work. I’d been loading up the car while she waited on the porch when...
What exactly is a masculine style? →
I’m frequently told my writing style is masculine. I disagree. Here’s why.
August 2010
19 posts
“In the dark times,
will there also be singing?
Yes, there will also be...”
– Bertolt Brecht
“The so-called ‘psychotically depressed’ person who tries to kill herself doesn’t...”
– David Foster Wallace (Infinite Jest) (via davidfosterwallace)
“If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her...”
– - Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Muhammad Ali caught at PS 41 on Candid Camera,... →
“He’s a tourist. He vacations in people’s lives, takes pictures, puts them in his...”
– Ron Swanson, Parks and Recreation
“Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on...”
– Arnold Glasow
Rare Interview With Marvin Gaye Jr. and Marvin... →
“Those who build walls are their own prisoners. I’m going to go fulfill my...”
– Shevek, from the Ursula LeGuin novel The Dispossessed
The Book: ABC No Rio Dinero: The Story of a Lower... →
The long out-of-print history of ABC No Rio and the 1980s NYC art scene is now available online.
July 2010
1 post
“The day I am at peace I will have achieved
a kind of peace even I know suggests...”
–
Claudia Rankine
April 2010
1 post
February 2010
12 posts
“Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old...”
– Fran Lebowitz
“People can be slave-ships in shoes.”
– Zora Neale Hurston
“…tough as it is to accept that people take machetes against one another, I...”
– http://www.granta.com/Interview-with-Billy-Kahora
Who Are LatiNegras?
lati-negros:
“Latinegras are Latinas of obvious black ancestry and undeniable ties to Africa, women whose ancestral mothers were abducted from the rich lands that cradled them to become and bear slaves, endure the lust of their masters, and nurture other women’s children. They are the mothers of generations stripped of their identity and rich heritage that should have been their legacy....
viva la revolución →
