The Intersections of Blackness and Disability
I’m listening to jazz as I write this review. This was an intentional decision as I felt Therí Alyce Pickens’s
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Music
Flying Lotus and Registers of Black Life and Death
*This post is part of our New Black Surrealisms series organized by Tiffany E. Barber and Jerome Dent. The music video
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Mourning the Loss of My Father: Wynton Marsalis on the Passing of Ellis Marsalis Jr.
*This post appeared on Wynton Marsalis‘ blog and appears here with his permission. My daddy passed away last night (April
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Veiled Visions
*This post is part of our New Black Surrealisms series organized by Tiffany E. Barber and Jerome Dent. The aesthetic
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Tornado Groan: On Black (Blues) Ecologies
At noon on September 29, 1927, the clouds over St. Louis began to take on an ominous darkness. In the
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