Phillis Wheatley Rediscovered "Odell’s many errors were repeated for decades, shaping receptions of Phillis through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. But a new book, The Age of Phillis, by the poet and professor Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, presents a different story. Jeffers suggests that Odell’s memoir created a 'pesky "House Negro" narrative' that framed Phillis Wheatley as domestic, apolitical, and acquiescent." via THE NEW YORKER |
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Resources for Supporting and Uplifting the Black Community Know Your Rights Camp: "Our mission is to advance the liberation and well-being of Black and Brown communities through education, self-empowerment, mass-mobilization and the creation of new systems that elevate the next generation of change leaders." Black AIDS Institute: The mission of the Black AIDS Institute is "to stop the AIDS epidemic in black communities by engaging and mobilizing black institutions and individuals in efforts to confront HIV." The Conscious Kid: "An education, research and policy organization dedicated to reducing bias and promoting positive identity development in youth. We....promote access to children’s books centering underrepresented and oppressed groups." See, for example, Black Books Matter: Children's Books Celebrating Black Boys. |
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Poetry Daily stands with the Black community. We oppose racism, oppression, and police brutality. We will continue to amplify diverse voices in the poetry world. Black Lives Matter. |
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What Sparks Poetry: Eric Pankey on "Ash" "As visitors approach the sculpture, the vibration of their feet on the gallery floor, their movements, even their breathing, lead to the slow crumbling and collapse of the work itself. The figure takes on a sense of the sublime and of the divine not so much from its scale, but from its impermanence. Its object-hood, its this-ness, is at every moment in the process of disintegration." |
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