you may have picked up on the fact that i am living my life as a testament to, and continuation of, the work of science fiction writer octavia butler. i […]
Month: June 2013
on being a kresge literary arts fellow. :)
i am a kresge literary arts fellow. it’s in the free press, detroit news, and metro times, so it’s real in spite of my ongoing shock. i have a lot […]
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emergence (speech from opening for allied media conference 2013)
emergence is the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions. it emphasizes critical connections, authentic relationships, listening with the body and the mind. […]
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Transformative Justice Strategic Reader
This reader was created in 2012 by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Jenna Peters-Goldman, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and myself. It has been redesigned and we wanted to share it 🙂 – please […]
why i stopped plucking/letting my brows grow
my sister autumn and i have been in a conversation for a while about letting our brows grow out. we touched on it again and last night and wrote down […]
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Parenting in/and/as Science Fiction
Here is a sneak peek at the draft reader for the Parenting in/and/as Science Fiction session at the Allied Media Conference this week-end! Our session is at 4pm EST 🙂 […]
an executive director’s don’ts
(this is a guest post from a young director named danielle. it was sent to a friend who shared it with me and i thought it might be useful to […]
juneteenth dreams
i was in a brownstone in brooklyn with this sweet older black couple. he says to me, with this twinkle in his eye, ‘come down and see what i have’. […]
a poem on purpose
(written by hand on plane, transcribed with a cacophony of frog songs all around me) i am often now looking into beauty wherever i am seeing a falling down around […]
notes from BALLE talk
i spoke today at the annual gathering of the business alliance for local living economies. the theme for this session was changing the story. fran korten facilitated, with gar alperovitz, […]