Assoc. Prof. @UofLEnglish American Literature, African American Poetry, Sea Literature Music Lover and History Buff
Joined October 2018
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I'm happy to announce that my anthology of Black sea writing, I Will Take to the Water: An Anthology of African Americans and the Sea, is scheduled to be published by the University of Chicago Press in December 2026. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books…
ALT The cover of the book features a painting of a Black man in storm-damaged boat on a stormy ocean, with sharks circling the boat.
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(88) EUBIE BLAKE: DeForest Phonofilm, 1923. - YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=uxQLn-p0…
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There is absolutely no logical reason why someone who has a mortgage should pay property tax while someone who owns their house outright should not.
"I own my house, therefore I shouldn't pay property tax" is a total non sequitur.
“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?”
Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.
politico.com/news/magazine/2…
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Solidarity with grad students at Buffalo Poetics, who have released a website detailing the program’s recent hostile takeover. Unfortunately, they’re being treated like many grad students are, given contradictory info from faculty & admin, then being kicked out of discussions.
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"Money can't buy taste" is actually kind of a anti-class signifier. Like, yeah, it can't. Once you have enough money you have no real reason to want to look tasteful if it's not your style. Looking "classy" is mostly important to people who are *striving* to look rich.
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African Studies Visiting Fellowship (for scholars based in Africa) at the Bodleian Libraries at @UniofOxford Deadline: 27 November 2026, more information below bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellow…
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When you retire, you don't suddenly stop benefiting from public goods like well-maintained roads, nice parks, thorough fire and police coverage, and yes, even quality schools.
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Please circulate! Open-field, tenure-track assistant professor search in English. Details below.
joblist.mla.org/job/2001576/…
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Black Poetry Day was created in 1985 to honor the birth of the pioneer Black poet in the United States, Jupiter Hammon, and call attention to the literary works and accomplishments of African-American writers.
#BlackPoetryDay
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While on tour with Lisa Walker from Wussy, I’ve been negligent about promoting many things I’m thrilled with. First is the 2nd season of my podcast “Known Associates” starting with the wondrous raconteur Jonathan Lethem. Dylan, Portis and gossip. Jump in. southwestreview.com/known-as…
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The Replacement's 'Tim' is as powerful an evocation of working class life as any by Springsteen or Pulp. Resentment and joy dwell in nearly every detail: bus route-courtships, scared-but-stalwart-single-mothers and the watering holes where every night dreams both blossom and die.
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document of the ongoing dismantling of the storied University of Buffalo Poetics Program, and the current actions graduate students are taking to disrupt this malign process
poeticsinexile.crd.co/
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Steven explains that 'learning a new piece of music often feels to me like a love affair': one such infatuation was Keith Jarrett performing 'My song'. Steven transcribed this after months of listening and says that playing it 'felt almost like touching something sacred'.
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Deeply honored (and a little daunted) to serve as the next leader of the research team for @slavevoyages as Harvard takes over as the new institutional home for the project. Looking forward to the hard work of sustaining and improving this public resource! news.ucsc.edu/2026/10/uc-san…
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You look poor. The $2,000 mechanical birds are over there.
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The Department of History & Interdisciplinary Studies at Norfolk State University seeks applications for a tenure-track assistant professor of African American History beginning August 2027.
nsu.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/…
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The way they've used every single avenue available to force the personality cult down our throats has doubtlessly been part of the backlash against Trump this term.
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Víkingur Ólafsson, the pianist with more than a billion streams in conversation and playing Glenn Gould's piano! youtu.be/7W57LVn-YEY?si=qw2J… via @YouTube
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Ah yes. The media didn't cover inflation at all in 2022 when it was surging. Nope. Not even a little bit.
Seriously. These people deny the most basic aspects of reality.
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This is an F-16 Block 72. It has an internal M61A1 20mm Vulcan rotary cannon. Again, please do not let your Roman Empire dreams permit you to forget how "guns" and "planes" work.
You're forgetting to include Rome's expertise in politics. Besides their military strength, Rome conquered what they did by making temporary allies with certain barbarian tribes to fight each other & keep them weak, only to absorb them much later.
Then, you raise new armies off the territories you conquer.
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We need to sever the investigatory parts of the federal government from direct executive control. I haven't figured out an alternative, but we've proven that the system can't survive a malicious and corrupt executive.
Billions of dollars’ worth of contracts predicting oil would fall and the S&P 500 would rise were placed about 15 minutes before Trump announced a U-turn on Iran in a post on Truth Social. CFTC staff began to investigate-- then were told to lay off. bloomberg.com/news/features/…
