Langston Hughes – The Motley Moose

VNV Tuesday – Poetic Justice 11/7/17

November 7, 2017 DoReMI 10

An excerpt from the poem The Welder by Cherrie Moraga; the complete poem can be found here: The Welder …I am now coming up for air Yes, I am picking up the torch. I am […]

attribution: Jack Delano, for OWI, Library of Congress

Langston Hughes, Gentrification, and preserving Harlem’s legacy.

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Harlem has multiple and layered meanings in our world of black art, history, and socio-political activism. Recent events surrounding attempts to rescue and preserve Langston Hughes’ Harlem brownstone from encroaching gentrification raise questions, and hopefully […]

Welcome, Returning Light!

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Everyone says I look like my father. Well, everyone “below stairs,” as it were, and even then they speak of it only in whispers. As for guests, the naked shock on their faces as [...]

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