“Daily Conscription”
June 12, 2020
by Kyle Dargan We can no longer afford that particular romance. —James Baldwin Brother Rickey halts me before I cross East Capitol. He trumpets that we are at war. I… READ MORE
Year: 2020
Nikky Finney’s “HOTBED 58”
June 11, 2020
It’s December in Sweden and I’ve come to pick up Miss Morrison from the Nobel Banquet at Stockholm City Hall. I’m driving the washed and waxed black limo. I have… READ MORE
So what does it mean to say that Blackademic Lives Matter?
June 10, 2020
by Lavelle Porter An excerpt from The Blackademic Life: Academic Fiction, Higher Education, and the Black Intellectual So what does it mean to say that Blackademic Lives Matter? Blackademic: A… READ MORE
“Chicago is the world’s Harold’s chicken box”
June 5, 2020
Kara Jackson open and picked apart the heart of America that beats too fast, because if you don’t run quick enough, you don’t know who will shoot you. In Chicago,… READ MORE
“Incendiary Art: Birmingham, 1963”
June 2, 2020
Patricia Smith For avery r. young Baby girls boom. Baby girls blow and burn, skin balloons, booms. Baby girls burn, boom. The Lord dangles, festive and helpless. Hymnals blacken while… READ MORE
The Lab Is Closed: A Collective Future Is Open
May 7, 2020
by Matthew Applegate The fallout from our current crises has not yet settled. As we have adapted to online iterations of our work, we have also experienced a profound loss… READ MORE
Crises and Communities: Reflections on Husserl and the Idea of Europe
April 13, 2020
by Timo Miettinen In his writings on the philosophy of history, the Swiss cultural historian Jacob Burckhardt (1818–1897) described crises as “accelerations of historical processes.” According to him, historical crises… READ MORE
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