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For my final project in @EmersonCollege #LI204 with @Ambrose_Emerson, I developed a fan site about Assotto Saint to share with Quakers in the hopes that we can keep Saint& #39;s works alive by reading and discussing it.
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I& #39;m hoping that some of my Friends will check out the website and comment on one of my tweets about it. This is part of what I& #39;m graded on - my ability to engage my target audience with my artifact.
Here is the website I created: https://greysonacquaviva.wixsite.com/assotto-saint
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Here is the website I created: https://greysonacquaviva.wixsite.com/assotto-saint
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Quaker Friends, will you help me by replying to one of these tweets about my Assotto Saint website? @fmcquakers @NYCQuakers @FCNL @fgcQuaker @PendleHillQuake @FWCCWorldOffice @betsybramon
https://greysonacquaviva.wixsite.com/assotto-saint
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https://greysonacquaviva.wixsite.com/assotto-saint
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night
after night
a mother bends over
her son& #39;s bones sores scales
writing on his bed
fit for a king
satin sheets sweat secrets
she closes
his blurry eyes
rolls rosary beads
faithful
in the morning
he& #39;ll wake up
to see her
smile
Assotto Saint - Mater Dolorosa
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after night
a mother bends over
her son& #39;s bones sores scales
writing on his bed
fit for a king
satin sheets sweat secrets
she closes
his blurry eyes
rolls rosary beads
faithful
in the morning
he& #39;ll wake up
to see her
smile
Assotto Saint - Mater Dolorosa
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father my father
laius liar liable
doomed by the oracle of blood
where the soul burns
never a daily bread sacrifice
fuel of lowest temptations
ash of forgiveness smiles revelations
still too hot
father my father
laius liar liable
damned by thy name
Assotto Saint-Pater Noster
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laius liar liable
doomed by the oracle of blood
where the soul burns
never a daily bread sacrifice
fuel of lowest temptations
ash of forgiveness smiles revelations
still too hot
father my father
laius liar liable
damned by thy name
Assotto Saint-Pater Noster
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early on easter sunday
you call
to offer the friend some faith
you hope
when the grandmother answers
you dread
ricky& #39;s no longer with us
you hear
what in god& #39;s name does that mean
you ask
Early on Easter Sunday
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you call
to offer the friend some faith
you hope
when the grandmother answers
you dread
ricky& #39;s no longer with us
you hear
what in god& #39;s name does that mean
you ask
Early on Easter Sunday
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Check out the Assotto Saint Papers at the @nypl:
Sc MG 556, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, http://archives.nypl.org/scm/22248
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Sc MG 556, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, http://archives.nypl.org/scm/22248
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You can watch a video of Steve Williams interviewing Assotto Saint about the book The Road Before Us, a collection of the works of 100 Gay Black Poets https://vimeo.com/365533246
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Assotto Saint was also in a band called Xotika. You can listed to his song "Forever Gay" on the album Feeding the Flame: Songs by Men to End AIDS (1990).
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