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research post 2026-08-28

Kehinde Wiley's Young Artists After Siamesas 1960 (2015)

The first research post in awhile and it feels good to be back at the kitchen table. Thank you again for your patience and for hanging out here with me.

Last weekend marked one hun...

4 days ago
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Gratitude for Nat Turner, Aptheker....

“The book continues to provoke discussion...At the same time, it remains true that the book occasionally is ignored in work where reference to it would appear logical.”

“The discovery of Nat Turner,” in History of the United States, from t...

6 days ago
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marginalia no. 27

…but sometimes I cheat with my e-reader.

Texts:

  • Barbara Krauthamer, Black Slaves, Indian Masters: Slavery, Emancipation, and Citizenship in the Native American South (UNC, 2013)

  • Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake: A Novel (Peng...

8 days ago
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Returning with Light

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The body is a wild thing. My body sat me down, told me to slow down, took me into naps, chats with trees and reflection by the ocean. If you’ve ever experienced any version of shingles, then you know what the last few weeks h...

12 days ago
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On Pause Until August 19

As you may have seen on Notes, I am in need of a bit of healing. Taking it down and not posting (no love letters, no marginalia, no research posts) for a couple weeks.

I will be back, but for now, a beautiful coastline in Jamaica where I...

a month ago
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