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Sula by Toni Morrison: A Syllabus

November, 2023 marked the 50th anniversary of Sula's release. Below, find a living syllabus meant to encourage and support sustained engagement around…

Dec 21, 2023 •

a morning in martinique, a reliable oscillation

Everything / dead / rises in concert. Listen with all your life-blood, and you can sense the tremble waking up with you pulses cascade down from the…

Dec 18, 2023 •

July 2023

what am i pretending not to know today? (after Toni Cade Bambara, for Ireon Roach)

akee calls blood to abandon its function if consumed before it announces a desire to be devoured. native to your palms is the language of splitting…

Jul 13, 2023 •

how does an ocean go extinct? (& other almost haikus)

(after Lucille Clifton) raise your cup and you will hear them. morning is lined with whispers. drink last. (after Audre Lorde) we told you, wide eyes…

Jul 11, 2023 •

o' god, make of me always flesh who feels (& other poems)

after frantz fanon last night, i watched a meteorite drag its triumphant body across the sky and felt nothing my final prayer: o’ god, make of me always…

Jul 7, 2023 •

January 2023

Episode 4 with Makala Kusi

Jan 25, 2023 •

41:45

poems for a cancer full moon

even my smoke is anointed he commends me for my ability to roll a perfect spliff and asks what else I’m particularly skilled at. the first thing I…

Jan 6, 2023 •

October 2022

an inventory of everything I left the house with this morning (after yrsa daley-ward)

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Oct 28, 2022 •

On Communication

Toni Cade Bambara said: “Words set things in motion. I’ve seen them doing it. Words set up atmospheres, electrical fields, charges. I’ve felt them doing…

Oct 16, 2022 •

September 2022

Episode 3 with Jessica Lynne

Sep 22, 2022 •

59:42

August 2022

Episode 2 with Tumi Moloto

Aug 28, 2022 •

1:13:08

July 2022

Episode 1: Building the Friendship of Our Dreams with Sharmain Siddiqui

Jul 31, 2022 •

49:19

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