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Even better, there's a magnificent book by @imaniperry.bsky.social that goes through the history of Lift Every Voice
btw, it was the Black National Anthem before the Star Spangled Banner was America's National Anthem
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Happy Birthday, Antonio Gramsci! He was born on this day in Sardinia in 1891. His prison writing inspired the @conjuncture.bsky.social podcast that @cheatherton.bsky.social and I produced for last 5 years. You can check out our previous interviews here: trinitysocialjustice.com/conjuncture-...
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For Public Picks, Global Black History editor @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social recs @imaniperry.bsky.social's "Black in Blues," Nicholas Boggs's "Baldwin: A Love Story," Joycelyn Longdon's "Natural Connection" & @dorothyjberry.bsky.social's "The House Archives Built."
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Not so far, but I retained copyright and I would love to update it and have it put in print.
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Phenomenal list of 2025 nonfiction - Edgar Gomez, Caro de Robertis, Melissa Febos, Yiyun Li, Imani Perry, Andrea Long Chu and so many more greats! electricliterature.com/electric-lit...
This anvil of grief.
Without funerary activities, they say, you live in constant disbelief
your loved one is gone. You seek the Light, if only for a moment, to borrow
so you donβt follow Thomas to the bridge edge, seeking relief
frβWhen Mama died, I lost my air
DΓ©Lana R. A. Dameron
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DΓ©Lana R. A. Dameron was a brilliant poet & fiction writer about my age that I was in community with who has suddenly passed which is earth shattering. This is her acclaimed novel. @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
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Octavia Butler LOA LIVE event on 11/24 with Imani Perry and Tananarive Due
Next Monday, 11/24, two celebrated writers and scholars explore the craft and influence of Octavia E. Butler. Join @imaniperry.bsky.social and @tananarivedue.bsky.social for an evening dedicated to the revered SFF authorβs luminous imagination. RSVP for free: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
The Radical Imagination of Octavia E. Butler, with Imani Perry and Tananarive Due. A free LOA LIVE program on 11/24. RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radical-imagination-of-octavia-e-butler-registration-1967684174334?aff=threads
On Monday, 11/24, join @imaniperry.bsky.social and @tananarivedue.bsky.social for an online program on Octavia E. Butler, speculative fiction trailblazer and author of Lilithβs Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy, just out from Library of America. RSVP for free: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
Picture of book When Trees Testify with text that reads: "A beautiful journey through the imagination and intellect of one of our most important contemporary science writers. Montgomery is an inheritor of the Black ecological tradition, who brings her heart and knowledge to bear on the world around us, offering deep illumination and abundant wisdom." -Imani Perry, National Book Award-winning author of South to America
THE @imaniperry.bsky.social on When Trees Testify (@henryholtbooks.bsky.social):
A beautiful journey through the imagination & intellect of one of our most important contemporary science writer...an inheritor of the Black ecological tradition, who brings her heart & knowledge to bear on the world...
Horrifying reminders of why oneβs politics should never be thought of in binary terms regardless of the system we have.
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@abcnews4.com Dissapointing AI generated and FALSE article published on your site: abcnews4.com/lowcountry-l...
It was lovely meeting you
One of the things I keep thinking is that he is manipulating white Americans (bigotry is an easy tool of distraction) while robbing them too.
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I listen to audio recordings of my loved ones who have died. It feels like prayer to me. I cry but I also smile. They really were here, with me. What a blessing.
βWhy is it the case that whenever they attack βwokeness,β they attack our story?β @esglaude.bsky.socialβ¬ asks in response to Trumpβs complaints that the Smithsonian Institution overemphasizes slavery. βWe cannot become passive participants in this destruction,β warns @imaniperry.bsky.socialβ¬.
New from me β on Mavis Pusey, her survey show open now at ICA Philadelphia (coming next to the Hammer in LA and Studio Museum in NYC) β and the decade of curatorial sleuthing to locate her artworks and fill out her story.
GIFT LINK
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He lost his wallet, which had his green card, and made an appointment in Philly to replace it. There he was handcuffed & taken away with no explanation. βHis wife, who speaks little English, was left behind and kept in the building for 10 hours until she was released to her granddaughter.β Heβs 82.
Israeli soldiers opened fire near a food distribution site in southern Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 32 people, Gazan health authorities said. The UN said this past week that more than 670 Palestinians had been killed in similar episodes near aid sites.