Dr. Elizabeth Alexander
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Poet, scholar, educator. President @MellonFdn. Author of THE TRAYVON GENERATION and THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. Co-worker in the kingdom of culture. Views my own.
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A Fatherās Day repost. My own father is now almost two years an ancestor. Thinking of him and of Ficre and of ā each black man who would call a black boy who is not his son, āSon,ā and puts a hand on his shoulder.ā Fatherās Day Ode to Strong Black Hands theroot.com/a-father-s-dayā¦
One of Chicagoās oldest public art pieces is saved, thanks to arts grant uniondemocrat.com/lifestyle/artiā¦ via The Union Democrat
At 13, Eddie Palmieri became the timbalero in his uncleās band. He dropped out of junior high and devoted himself to music, dragging his drums to gigs all over the Bronx. āI was just a wild stallion at that time,ā he told Carina del Valle Schorske, laughing. nyer.cm/a3VAUTL
From our earliest days, Black history has always been American history ā and Black folks have profoundly shaped our American culture through music, art, literature, sports, and beyond. One month a year is not sufficient to celebrate the power of the movements and the people who
'Jericho Brown joins Kevin Young to read āWhen,ā by Elizabeth Alexander, and his own āColosseum.ā Brownās collection āThe Traditionā won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry (2022). Heās a 2024 MacArthur Fellow and a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets newyorker.com/podcast/poetryā¦
