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I am thinking of and studying June Jordan this week, who teaches me again and again that desire and rage can be, are, both vectors toward a better world. Who

There's a reason that racist poems are often bad on the level of craft. It's because, as M. NourbeSe Philip says, English—a colonial language—requires decontamination. That is a rigorous thing,

I'm thinking a lot these days about archives as consolation, conversation, ritual, space for grief I hope John Akomfrah is having a good day.