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· Nov 30
We Wear the Mask
We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with myriad subtleties.
www.poetryfoundation.org
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
black studies is people.
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
black studies is people.
who knows but that, on the lower frequencies, i speak for you?
April 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
who knows but that, on the lower frequencies, i speak for you?
God willing — if Black History Month still exists next week — I am available to speak at your company or institution or community event about Black life, Black art, and Black futures.
January 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
God willing — if Black History Month still exists next week — I am available to speak at your company or institution or community event about Black life, Black art, and Black futures.
Back in 2004, I created the first hip-hop studies course to be taught at Georgetown University.
www.diverseeducation.com/students/art...
www.diverseeducation.com/students/art...
Making Some Noise: The Academy’s Hip-Hop Generation
Making Some Noise: The Academy’s Hip-Hop GenerationScholarship on the genre moves beyond a project of legitimization into a more self-critical, challenging realmA hip-hop archive at Harvard University...
www.diverseeducation.com
January 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Back in 2004, I created the first hip-hop studies course to be taught at Georgetown University.
www.diverseeducation.com/students/art...
www.diverseeducation.com/students/art...
FLY FLYER FLYEST
• Ego Tripping: Black Poetry & Poetics from Hughes to Hip Hop •
• Black Life Onscreen: Situating African American Cinema •
Africana Studies, University of Pittsburgh, Spring 2025
• Ego Tripping: Black Poetry & Poetics from Hughes to Hip Hop •
• Black Life Onscreen: Situating African American Cinema •
Africana Studies, University of Pittsburgh, Spring 2025
December 24, 2024 at 8:00 AM
FLY FLYER FLYEST
• Ego Tripping: Black Poetry & Poetics from Hughes to Hip Hop •
• Black Life Onscreen: Situating African American Cinema •
Africana Studies, University of Pittsburgh, Spring 2025
• Ego Tripping: Black Poetry & Poetics from Hughes to Hip Hop •
• Black Life Onscreen: Situating African American Cinema •
Africana Studies, University of Pittsburgh, Spring 2025
One year ago today, and I miss you, Daddy. 💜
December 14, 2024 at 4:11 PM
One year ago today, and I miss you, Daddy. 💜
‘because I wanted to be a poet like Nikki Giovanni.’
December 12, 2024 at 12:00 AM
‘because I wanted to be a poet like Nikki Giovanni.’
thank you, ms. giovanni 🤎
December 10, 2024 at 4:59 AM
thank you, ms. giovanni 🤎
if you think you love doechii, please go study bahamadia.
December 7, 2024 at 9:44 PM
if you think you love doechii, please go study bahamadia.
i’ve lost the use of my heart / but i’m still alive.
December 6, 2024 at 4:11 AM
i’ve lost the use of my heart / but i’m still alive.
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
We Wear the Mask
We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with myriad subtleties.
www.poetryfoundation.org
November 30, 2024 at 5:00 PM
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
my d’angelo vee is beginning to show. (late-nineties d’angelo.)
November 15, 2024 at 6:00 PM
my d’angelo vee is beginning to show. (late-nineties d’angelo.)
it was a line at the beautiful.
November 15, 2024 at 6:00 PM
it was a line at the beautiful.
being black is fun, but it’s stressful.
November 15, 2024 at 6:00 AM
being black is fun, but it’s stressful.
you don’t have to be just one thing.
November 15, 2024 at 6:00 AM
you don’t have to be just one thing.