Can birds function as emissaries from the afterlife? I’ve had my own experience, as has Lucille Clifton.
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Tag Archives: Lucille Clifton
Groping Our Way Up Jacob’s Ladder
In her poem about Jacob’s ladder, Levertov find humans using rough material to connect with the divine.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Jacob's Ladder", “Thursday 9/13-01", Denise Levertov Comments closed
Clifton: the dead shall rise again
Lucille Clifton celebrates Jesus’s Lazarus miracle by pointing to the resilience of the African diaspora.
Using Lit to Grapple with Racism
In which I look back at how I’ve grappled with racism over the years, along with the books that have helped me do so.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "note to self", Invisible Man, Morehouse College, racism, Ralph Ellison, St. Mary's College of Maryland Comments closed
On Clifton, Columbus, and Indians
A Lucille Clifton poem for Indigenous People’s Day, which shows us the need for the holiday.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "killing of the trees", Columbus Day, Heather Cox Richardson, Indigenous Peoples' Day, Trail of Tears Comments closed
Gwendolyn Brooks’ Primer for Juneteenth
To mark Juneteenth, here are poems by Gwendolyn Brooks and Lucille Clifton celebrating Blackness.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged “my dream about being white", “Primer for Blacks", Gwendolyn Brooks, Juneteenth, systemic racism Comments closed
Fighting the Erasure of History
Black history month is more essential these days than it has been for a while given Trump’s desire to erase it. Black writers are important in keeping it alive.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "i am accused of tending to the past", "Life Every Voice and Sing", 1984, Black History Month, DEI, Donald Trump, George Orwell, James Weldon Johnson, racism Comments closed