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Line Breaks for Resistance: How Black Poetry Lets Us Rescue Ourselves
zaynab shahar
Mar 27, 2017
Renaissance
A series of personal essays about how our black queer lives have been saved or influenced by art in all forms, including art categorized as “pop culture.” How do we craft and cope? What was it like the first time we realized Nina Simone was (is) trying to get our attention when she sang To Be Young, Gifted and Black? Who are our poets? Where are our choreographers? Who draws our comics? Come with us to a museum or a movie.
A series of personal essays about how our black queer lives have been saved or influenced by art in all forms, including art categorized as “pop culture.” How do we craft and cope? What was it like the first time we realized Nina Simone was (is) trying to get our attention when she sang To Be Young, Gifted and Black? Who are our poets? Where are our choreographers? Who draws our comics? Come with us to a museum or a movie.
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