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"Racism is built into the DNA of America. And as long as we turn a blind eye to the pain of those suffering under its oppression, we will never escape those origins." ~Annalise Keating
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This is literally frightening. Are we all going to just accept the slide into authoritarianism? concordmonitor.com/House-Rep…
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Anyone surprised?
BREAKING: Missouri Health Dept withheld report showing mask mandates work from public, unearthed emails show. kctv5.com/news/local_news/mi…
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But Trayvon Martin deserved to die because he fought back against an aggressor with no weapon. This is the legacy of white supremacy in action.
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Just two days ago, I stood at the edge of the Mississippi cotton plantation where he was born in a sharecropping shack. My dad, Milton Hannah, would never, ever have imagined that one day millions of people might know his name. My heart almost can’t process it.
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Just got home from two days of emotionally devastating filming in my ancestral land of Mississippi and this was waiting for me. It’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen and I finally am holding it in my hands. The very first image in the book: That’s my dad. 🖤🖤🖤
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Check out our back episode on @lithubradio to hear @BrendanOMeara and Claire Messud discuss creative nonfiction in an era of 'fake news' with hosts @Wsterrell and @V_V_G. @lithub lithub.com/claire-messud-and…
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Everyone go listen to my weird cool pal @JuliaLizElliott be weird and cool on this podcast. Hanging out with her was one of the key formative experiences of my dumb life and this is a taste of why.
What will #rural fiction and poetry look like in 2050? We asked @JuliaLizElliott & @damarishill, and you'll be fascinated by their answers. It's all on the new @fnftalk @lithub w/ @V_V_G & @Wsterrell! @lithubradio
@Tin_House @BloomsburyPub
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We're honored that poet Damaris B. Hill was our guest judge for this year's #AngelouBookAward, which was announced this week. Listen to @damarishill on the @lithub's Fiction/Non/Fiction w/ @Wsterrell talk about writing rural America and the award: ow.ly/pgW450GwJLb
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How @Ava DuVernay is helping @kaepernick tell his story in @Netflix's "Colin in Black and White." bit.ly/3E8fkCj
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This line-up of scholars, writers, thinkers, poets, are among the best that this nation has to offer. A book by and for the descendants of a people for whom it was once illegal to read and write. A testimony. The embodiment of so many dreams deferred, but never quelled. Nov. 16.
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The @KCLibrary & six MO universities are offering the Maya Angelou Book Award, a new award giving accolades to American fiction & poetry focusing on social justice & inclusion.
@Wsterrell #UMKC assoc prof of English oversaw the creation of the award.
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It's been five years since the release of Ava DuVernay's seminal documentary film 13TH and the statistics it presents about the disproportionate imprisonment of Black men in America remain harrowing and largely unchanged.
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This past week, I was invited to attend a week-long master class along with 14 other filmmakers.
It was led by Haile Gerima (Sankofa) and held at Ava’s ARRAY campus.
It was one of the most transformative experiences of my life and I feel tremendously grateful for it all. – at Los Angeles, CA
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Congrats to the Maya Angelou Book Award finalists:
Kaveh Akbar
Threa Almontaser (@ThreaWrites)
@NatalieGDiaz
Shane McCrae (@akasomeguy)
& John Murillo!
A great list to honor a great writer! Also want honor the MO lit community who built this award. 1/
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This is my candid letter of resignation to my Harvard Dean. I try to tell the unvarnished truth about the decadence in our market-driven universities! Let us bear witness against this spiritual rot!
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Video of show w/ @MKDorDiggsy, who joined @Wsterrell & @V_V_G to discuss MN's history w/ immigrants, & the TC lit scene's response in the wake of George Floyd's murder. Kleber-Diggs reads from his debut poetry collection, Worldly Things.
@Milkweed_Books
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Omg this is why I love @CBSThisMorning ! Great job @vladduthiersCBS for educating America on Haiti’s history connecting its current day instability directly to the ills of slavery.