Black Art; Real Stories

The official twitter of Black Art; Real Stories - #BARS undergraduate literary magazine at the University of Iowa

[Black Art; Real Stories @UIOWABARS]

Just a little something to add to your playlist 🎼

[Iowa City Public Library @ICPL]

Happy #WomensHistoryMonth! Today we honor Jacquelin Woodson, an American writer of books for children and adolescents, and the current National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. This is a literary honor presented by the Library of Congress.

[Well-Read Black Girl Festival ™ @wellreadblkgirl]

“Every generation confronts the task of choosing its past. Inheritances are chosen as much as they are passed on. The past depends less on 'what happened then' than on the desires and discontents of the present. Strivings and failures shape the stories we tell” Saidiya V. Hartman

[billy chapata. @iambrillyant]

there are tears you haven’t given the space to flow because you feel like your pain isn’t important enough to be understood. there are tears you haven’t given the space to flow because you’ve lived believing that strength lies in your emotional fortitude. heal those spaces.

[Jermaine Mcmillian @JermaineMcmill5]

@tariqnasheed When we as black people realize we are the only people who can help us we will be great.

[兔兒神 @chenchenwrites]

i'm struck by how many readers get trained to read poetry as a decoding process or a riddle-solving. rather than "just" enjoying language and imagining what's happening on the page. a deer can be a symbol of something "profound." or it can be a deer. the sound "deer."

[Black Art; Real Stories @UIOWABARS]

Phoenix [Official Music Video] - Prodagy https://t.co/VFCHqjppDz via @YouTube
This new single is a project release created by a UIowa student. We are happy to say there are two B.A.R.S. members in the video. Thanks to ALL who helped a Black Creative share their story. Enjoy!

[Cindy Trimm @cindytrimm]

Ur thoughts determine ur deeds. Ur deeds determined ur destiny! If u don't like where u are in life & what u've accomplished thus far, change ur thoughts & ur deeds & destiny will follow! Ur tomorrow will look nothing like yesterday & this year will not be a repeat of last year!

[Real Talk Kim @RealTalkKim]

An occasional meltdown is OKAY. Sometimes life helps you by shaking you to the core; to scrape the gunk off the bottom of your heart & clean out what's been bothering you. You're not crazy, weak or unstable. A breakdown always leads to a breakthrough.

[Nicole Dennis-Benn @ndennis_benn]

A good book is never about one thing. A good character is never one dimensional. There should be splinters, complexity, contradictions.

[Black Art; Real Stories @UIOWABARS]

Recognition and inclusion can be a drug if one allows it to be. What is your intent? What is your mission?

[Black Writers Space @blackwritersspa]

“Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful.

#thebeautifulboss

[EBONY @EBONY]

💜 "To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women" Angela Davis is giving us that celestial #WomensHistoryMonth energy we need! From the 1st to the 31st we celebrate the magnetic power of the woman!

[DoesUIowaLoveMe @doesuiowaloveme]

To those who were willing and able to attend today's demonstration: Thank you.

Thank you for showing up, standing in the cold, and choosing to share your story/stories (if you chose to do so). We, the team, appreciate your courage, bravery, and vulnerability.

Thank you.

[Black Writers Space @blackwritersspa]

Stay focused on your goals.
PERIOD