indelible. wrote this on the whiteboard 14 weeks ago in Jan, and up to the cusp of May nobody’s been able to erase it. talk about the *singing* voice undermining dominant imperative *signing* voices
thank you, Lindon Barrett, RIP #BlacknessandValue
@Harmony_Holiday Mal Waldron, he had to start all over after overdose and collapse early 60s — by c 1970 he had a whole new sound. ECM’s very first LP was his… another label too about that time if I recall started w an album by Mal…
Canceling $10,000 in student debt when the average white borrower is $12,000 in debt, while Black women hold on average over $52,000 isn’t just unacceptable, it’s structural racism.
"When the cameras are gone, our babies are dead. So I’m asking you to wake up. Can any of you tell me the other 6 women who died in jail in July 2015 along with Sandra? That is a problem."
— Sandra Bland's mother. Sandra died #OnThisDay in 2015. https://t.co/rARy5xrffR
Wednesday! APRIL 6, #StefanoHarney & #FredMoten (6:30 door) 7pm Pacific start time. 7pm Pacific start time. SOME SEATS REMAIN. We'll be in-person at McRoskey's + live-streamed at 7pm. Manolo Callahan will introduce Harney & Moten @BWLectures Join us! https://t.co/uVbuLZQYY8
@RepGaramendi@FoxNews And the overall strongest longterm move is voting for #MedicareForAll legislation — too much suffering — here in Cal + across this conspicuously abusive nation
"I lived in Fran’s house for twenty-five years. The memories are continually there in the present — sometimes conjoined, sometimes in single file, and surely imperfectly replayed a lot of the time."
https://t.co/YRR0QfvKas
Sat MAR 13 Tripwire Series: Momtaza Mehri and Zoé Samudzi 12pm Pacific Time! 3rd annual #TripwireCrossCulturalPoeticsSeries features @momtazamehri and @ztsamudzi, with emcee, alex cruse. @tripwirejournal Register to attend: https://t.co/19JUo2yVsj https://t.co/IS0AQABLQR
@kimberlya @AlgaenTentacles @BookmansTucson I’d speculate leftovers direct from the press, which got acquired after John Martin’s death by Godine —though most authors got discontinued (Godine acquired by some large publishing entity)