Ode to Black History: Past, Present and Future

"Anorexic": a poem by Eavan Boland

For the girls who need to know they can love all of themselves, even their fleshy flesh.

Wallace Stevens meets Leon Bridges through me, over coffee.

This is so weird but you may enjoy it. Mash-up of the lyrics to the song "The Hardest Part," sung by Olivia Dean and Leon Bridges AND (yes, AND!) a reading of "Disillusionment of Ten o'clock" by Wallace Stevens. Djs will make new things out of already good things. Please dance. (#ceintures are not #centaurs) Namaste.

Polonius to His Son

Polonius gives advice to his son Laertes before a venture abroad. No dating advice though. Hmm. 🤔 Let's make all the men in Hamlet women for a while.

"The Death of Marilyn Monroe," a poem by Sharon Olds.

From Olds' collection *The Dead and the Living.*

Ode to Black History: Past, Present and Future

A reading of "Strange Fruit," written by Lewis Allans and sung by Billie Holiday. #blacklivesmatter