Join me, Neema Avashia, Robert Gipe, and Willie Carver for a special reading to remind us all to love louder. Via @salvationsouth1 Free and open to everyone. Register here. https://t.co/vUEkEEssn8
Today, a lot of old Black men will be rooting for the KC Chiefs.
It has nothing to do with Taylor Swift, a Black QB or Travis Kelce's pioneering haircut. It's about HBCUs, Black history, a kidnapping & white affirmative action.
How Racism Invented the Super Bowl
A thread.
A lot of what I have learned about how to be a decent person doing work in the mountains I learned from Gurney Norman. We are gathering to give Gurney a party November 17 & 18 in Lexington. Yall ought to come. Its free and open to the public. More info: https://t.co/2ip8VpZ7ja
@DavidJoy_Author Jean Smart's work in @FargoFX and Hacks has made her my favorite 21c DW. But I'll always have a soft spot for the born in TN and raised in KY Potts.
It was a good day. Thx to @WillieETCarver @mandifugate and all the rest. Willie’s book, like his work on behalf of lgbtq+ youth, is super good. Buy a few.
@WillieETCarver I have wrassled once in this century but it ended in a draw. If there’s a ring set up #readspottednewt, we will see how it goes. If mean gene okerlund is there, we are on.
We went to the Queer Literary Hoedown at the Carnegie Center yesterday. Excellent writers read. Tyler Childers new music video created by @silasdhouse, Jason Howard and others played. It was great. We have us a good poet laureate in KY. A good governor, too.
I am deeply flawed and can provide documentation/references upon request. This kind of expectation raising leaves me very uncomfortable. But thank you, @pludger, for the kind words.
"Gipe possesses one of the largest personalities, skillsets, and hearts in all of Appalachia, and perhaps the known universe." A perfect summation of one of our most perfect people.