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Poetry has the power to change people — even if they don’t want to be changed. That was the undeniable truth presented by poet duo Khalisa Rae and Eric Thompson
Advocates say Black recognition events like Juneeteenth, Kwanzaa, and Black History Month have been commercialized to the nth power.
Spotlighting a History of Slavery in N.Y.C. It’s Friday. Weather: Sunny morning, cloudy afternoon and a high in the mid-60s. Occasional showers and mid-50s on Saturday. Mother’s Day starts nice but turns threatening, high in the mid-60s. Alternate-side parking: In effect until Thursday (Solemnity of the Ascension). Image Nostrand Avenue. Boerum Hill. Prospect Lefferts Gardens. They’re well-known Brooklyn roads and neighborhoods, among those across the city that draw their name from influential families of the past. But less familiar are the ties those families had to slavery. A new cam...
ONLINE: A Celebration of Queer Voices May 10, 2021 6:30 PM press release: A Room of One's Own, Noemi Press, and Lambda Literary present a virtual reading to celebrate queer voices, featuring authors Melissa Febos, Khalisa Rae, Melissa Faliveno, Emilia Phillips, Raquel Gutiérrez, Sofia Fey, and Ashley Elizabeth Evans. This Crowdcast event will be emcee'd by Suzi F. Garcia. Khalisa Rae is a poet and journalist in Durham, North Carolina, that speaks with furious rebellion. She is the author of Ghost in a Black Girl's Throat (Red Hen Press 2021). Her essays are featured in Autostraddle, Catap...