The Black intellectual-activist Hubert Harrison espoused a “kaleidoscopic radicalism,” critiquing injustices of all sorts: racial segregation, exploitative capitalism, oppressive colonialism, even sexual convention. In Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black…
…Charlotte Pence’s essay about Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s post-presidency memoir Everything to Gain notes the sharp, almost shocking cultural and political differences between the U.S. of the 1980s and now….
…some “why in the world” questions. (c) Justus Wayne Thomas (c) Justus Wayne Thomas (c) Justus Wayne Thomas (c) Justus Wayne Thomas (c) Justus Wayne Thomas (c) Justus Wayne Thomas…
…a champion not just at basketball but also at social justice. True tales. Fantastical journeys. Stories of grief, of love. Tears, laughter, and song. The Southern Festival of Books, one…
…actual confessional, sold by an eccentric antique dealer to a couple who can’t resist the idea of installing it in their home. The result is equal parts funny and painful….
…seem to sense how sadness is the shadow of beauty. Unlike Dylan, they also sense the holiness of all living matter. These people must be very stoned. This is not…
