Peace Family, Got this email and thought since I wore my white and gold Puma shirt today under this devouring Sun, (of which, I’m not accustomed to growing up in the mild-heated North), how befitting it is to pay homage to one of my favorite animal totems, the Panther aka Puma aka Leopard aka Jaguar … Continue reading
Who is Lucy Terry and why have I never heard of her before this Friday? It would have been a sense of pride to hear her name when I was six, ten or even fifteen while sitting on a cold February day in class reciting annual Black History Month songs about the Dr Reverend King, … Continue reading
“The American people realize that their national greatness lies in the contributions of diverse races and minds. ‘The Melting Pot! The land of equal opportunity!’ America would not be America without her cosmopolitan spirit, her racial admixtures, her diverse representatives.” –Paramhansa Yogananda, “Autobiography of a Yogi”, East-West, 1933 ———————————————————————————————————————– “Our patchwork heritage is a strength, … Continue reading
Poems from Guantánamo The Detainees Speak Edited by Marc Falkoff Preface by Flagg Miller Afterword by Ariel Dorfman “At last Guantánamo has found its voice.”—Gore Vidal “Poetry, art of the human voice, helps turn us toward what we should or must not ignore. Speaking as they can across barriers actual and figurative, translated into our … Continue reading
