pas de dull
shade-prefaced letter begging and bump accusations,
post-facial portraiture and black citational business
Cup Runneth Over
Let your cup runneth over
Over me
And with the crashing of waves
My heart to yours
With the song of the wind
Why the Fight?
I pledge allegiance to the
blood soaked flag of the
Dys-membered
Dys-United
Members Only
states of Un-America
The Lost Giant of American Literature (New Yorker)
Kelley may have suffered most from the relentless conveyor belt of life, which constantly carries new things into sight and propels older ones away.
Teresa’s Story: God Puts People in Our Paths to Lead Us to Him
When Teresa Rosenthal was a young girl, she witnessed her father’s physical abuse of her mother, and it affected her deeply.
Louise Thompson Patterson and the Long Tradition of Radical Struggle (Pop Matters)
Louise Thompson Patterson: A Life of Struggle for Justice is the finest sort of biography: impeccably researched and chock full of detail, it also compels the reader by crafting a powerful image of the world in which Louise and her comrades lived and struggled.
Phoebe's family's Christmas card
We at Tribes are loving this beautiful Christmas card from the family of one of our most beloved volunteers, Phoebe. Check it out!
The American Dream: The Latino Experience in America
DEFA is presently curating an art exhibit entitled "The American Dream: The Latino Experience in America,” to be shown at the Belskie Museum of Art, in Closter, New Jersey, in April, 2018.
Three Poems
Faith (the substance of things Hoped for)
should flow like a river
anticipating a breeze
Tears of the Moon
Roy Lerner's painting “Tears of the Moon” can be seen on FX TV drama “Pose.” The show will air in 2018, with a record number of transgender cast. Director Ryan Murphy.
I’M JUST MAKING SOME NOISE
group d'etat:
movement without moment — is not
revolution — it's just
noise