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St. Louis Racial Equity Summit 2021 Keynote
St Louis Racial Equity Summit Keynote (notes): We are imagining a world we have never seen before. Writing it into existence with words and with actions. We who live in […]
Distinguished and Singing
yesterday was a big day for me! i released an EP, a small odd intimate music project of songs and a story written during my sabbatical over beats my friend […]
oh great mystery (a prayer to the blue moon on the day of the dead)
oh great mystery (a prayer to the blue moon on the day of the dead) [read out loud to make into spell, or listen to me read with a lit […]
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Octavia Tried to Tell Us
the other day i had the honor of being the fifth guest in the Octavia Tried to Tell Us series, hosted by Monica Coleman and my teacher-friend Tananarive Due! here […]
a telepathic communion with dino
amb: dino? dino? i’m trying telepathy to reach you because a lot is going on that i could use some ancient insight on. and frankly i don’t know when i’ll […]
build as we fight: remarks from the 2019 American Studies Association Annual Meeting
my friend and comrade Scott Kurashige is the president of the American Studies Association, and this year he very kindly invited me to be the artist-in-residence, which meant that I […]
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lessons from a lunar eclipse
(i am a cheap expert on the stars – at some point i stopped buying gossip magazines and put my attention on stars that felt more authentic and reliable, more […]
final letter to Ursula le Guin (sent the day after your departure)
first, a few excerpts from our correspondence, which will be published in the Ursula le Guin Science Fiction and Social Justice Reader this year. 1. amb: How does imagination help […]
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the parables: an ecstatic review
today i saw the Parable of the Sower opera. it is the work of my beloved ancestor-teacher Octavia Butler in the hands of Toshi Reagon, begun as a collaboration with […]