I think we need more public beef between novelists/authors. Why should the rap girlies get all the fun.

Like who's gonna pen a devastating reply to Zadie Smith's new yorker piece?

Lucille Clifton

Revisiting this tribute I made for Sonia Sanchez for Woodberry Poetry Room a couple years ago because it's about meeting rage with gentle refusals to succumb to it

a revolutionary with a great sense of humor is a dangerous thing.

we will only ever be as much as we are willing to save of one another

The author of this tweet doubled down on the statement with “Because of how patronizing and authoritative all of her quotes are. I can't find the softness that reminds me that she's a human that has made mistakes.”

Toni writing about her friend, Jimmy:

Thank you to everyone who attended open studios this weekend. You can order my monograph here : aperture.org/books/shikeith…

Rest in Peace Faith Ringgold 🕊️

every writer removing themselves from consideration for potentially life & career-altering awards inspires me to refuse more, sacrifice more, insist upon more in the name of life. they are honoring palestinian life with conviction. may we all move with such clarity. 🇵🇸

cereal for dinner while my taxes fund an ethnostate's four-country-war

the sexual life of slavery saturates every scale of social life across space-time.

Think about all the intricate designs and processes just behind breathing, the layers of time and space it requires. Poems should understand that. Think about the resources of publishing a poem, the material resources: land, water, minerals. Revision is a way to honor all that.

I’m here to tell you: Blackface really did its thing…structurally. Got folks living out all sorts of racialized musical fantasies all connected to US nationalism, exceptionalism, and consumerism - while the same exploited people continue to suffer most as the rich get richer.

an artist residency but its funded for the span of my lifetime.

'Yeah, I hate empathy. I think empathy has its uses, and its uses are self-preservation. . . the word I need here is love. . . what does empathy allow?” It allows the absolute & unhindered continuance of what is. . . I think the only way to that is actually love.'

—Solmaz Sharif

Here’s my personal statement + ask re: an opportunity to participate in a poetry reading which was initially scheduled for this Thursday, March 14th at Poetry Foundation — an opportunity I’ve been in talks with Poetry Foundation about since late July 2023. docs.google.com/document/d/10X…

“Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires.”

— June Jordan

i am looking for peace. i am looking for mercy. i am looking for
evidence of compassion. any evidence of life. i am looking for
life.

—Suheir Hammad
▪︎ Palestinian poet ▪︎

Galley is here!