Poetry
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. . . the Second of October, about 9 of the clock in the morning, Mr. Mavericks Negro woman came to my chamber window, and in her own Countrey language and tune sang very loud and shrill, going out to her, she used a great deal of respect toward me, and willingly would have expressed…
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Sometimes, the process of writing doesn’t require you to put pen to paper or click away at the keyboard. Sometimes, it involves sitting still on the balcony, looking at cars going where they’re going; looking at the sky and skyline; noticing the trees are an arcing line of shadow at night, scarier, almost, than the…
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Writing a novel is harder than I ever conceived! I’ve written and published books of three books of poetry but those books are full of personal poetry arranged chronologically. They’re linear rather than a cohesive whole like a novel. When I first got the idea of writing a novel, I spent years typing down whatever…
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summertime and the killing is easy pigs are jumping and mourning is nigh your daddy’s poor and your ma is not working so hush little baby don’t you die one of these mournings you’re gonna rise up thinking of spreading your left wing and uncasting the die but til that mourning the pigs can harm…
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Indigo indicates topaz retreat and I am summoned to a repast of blue treats A birthstone blue kind of night a sapphire surprise sky Nonviolent violet amid surrendering slivers of yellow I would claw my way back from ten thousand deaths just to witness these blues © 2018 Photo and text by…
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Very helpful! Unless you are Harper Lee, you’ll launch more than one book during your career. For the introvert, learn six ways to stick it out over the long haul. Source: The Introvert’s Guide to Launching a Book | Jane Friedman
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Amitava Kumar and Teju Cole collaborate on an ekphrastic project exploring how Cole’s paired images intersect with the works of artists ranging from Sontag to Singh. Source: Who’s Got the Address? – Guernica
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I be holding beauty when I glance upon them theoretically shaping the future into an afro centric sharpness that shook the white power structure into confronting black consciousness organized and mandated to dismiss that old time religion that said everything in its place especially the black…
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Ejiọfọr Ugwu lives and writes in Nsukka, Nigeria. His poetry chapbook The Book of God was selected by African Poetry Source: Poetry and the Fullness of Things: A Dialogue With Ejiofor Ugwu – Africa in Dialogue
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