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We must lose our taste for 'prestige'.

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The poem in which everything lines up is never the one you expect, it's never the America poem or the watch me suffer tenderly work, it's always the stranger and less decadent writing. Fred's description here could save you several years of paying tuition to be at dive bars

Anyone who claims they are concerned about crime, but nonchalant about poverty is not serious. Disengage.

at the lake, at the park, in a hammock, on a blanket laid in a grassy field. Very much back!

a lot of you would rather see someone perform manhood well than be a good, healthy person

"Apathy is useful to the bourgeoisie. It disarms the masses by replacing revolutionary fervor with individualized despair. Instead of seeking collective liberation, the subject internalizes failure, turning inward."

the brilliance ends when curiosity dies

Must read: The Guardian spoke to nine children whose parents were members of the Black Panther Party — and explored how their lives were forever changed What happens when the United States declares war on your parents? The Black Panther cubs know theguardian.com/world/ng-inter…

It’s not a Toni Morrison book if it doesn’t make you feel a little sick while reading it.

Why is the messiest person you know are masc4masc gay men?

I'm sorry but the poets who stapled books at kinkos and brought them to the open mics + slams got the undeniable pen game now.

Sonia Sanchez, Audre Lorde, June Jordan, Alice Walker, Nikki Giovanni ... at a poetry festival of the future

Happy Birthday to Gil Scott-Heron who would'v turned 76 today🕊️

SPEAK HOLY GHOST

—Yusef Komunyakaa

lol good opportunity to redirect that energy into something healthier like writing & storytelling.

—Ntozake Shange

Ryan Coogler read Amiri Baraka’s ‘Blues People’ before writing the Sinners script. In Imani Perry’s latest book (Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People), she also references Baraka’s ‘Blues People.’ Amiri in IMAX. Amiri on new shelves. Amiri’s still breathing.

There’s no way for poor people to spend less than they make when wages have remained stagnant for decades and the cost of living has risen practically every year. You’re asking the impossible of poor people. POOR PEOPLE NEED MONEY, not lectures.