Chandra Kamaria: First, thank you for this beautiful tribute.
Black writers account for some of our truly greatest American writers after Richard Wright and James Baldwin, now Shay Youngblood, Audré Lorde, Toni Morrison, Amanda Gorman, Jesmyn Ward . . .
Each is a powerful figure in World Literature today.
Like Shay Youngblood, Jesmyn Ward, as an example, writes novels whose pages one reads aloud for the poetic prose that tell excruciating stories of overcoming and of small people with hatred.
These writers make the human come alive on the page and each writes in powerful, poetic prose.
Thank you so very much for sharing!
In these times, where even under Biden/Harris, Jim Crow lives in many states -- Texas being my exhibit 1, we will rise in power.
Kamala Harris is already being floated as the obvious candidate in the next California gubernatorial race.
That is a powerful platform and is the equivalent of being head of state of a major industrial nation.
Fascism may win a battle in 2024, but the long-term war for human rights and dignity for each person continues today and will continue tomorrow.
Literature like that of Shay Youngblood and Jesmyn Ward feed our spirit and build our minds, the most powerful weapons in the war against American racism/fascism. Shay Youngblood's Spirit helps make us strong.
Chandra Kamaria: First, thank you for this beautiful tribute.
Black writers account for some of our truly greatest American writers after Richard Wright and James Baldwin, now Shay Youngblood, Audré Lorde, Toni Morrison, Amanda Gorman, Jesmyn Ward . . .
Each is a powerful figure in World Literature today.
Like Shay Youngblood, Jesmyn Ward, as an example, writes novels whose pages one reads aloud for the poetic prose that tell excruciating stories of overcoming and of small people with hatred.
These writers make the human come alive on the page and each writes in powerful, poetic prose.
Thank you so very much for sharing!
In these times, where even under Biden/Harris, Jim Crow lives in many states -- Texas being my exhibit 1, we will rise in power.
Kamala Harris is already being floated as the obvious candidate in the next California gubernatorial race.
That is a powerful platform and is the equivalent of being head of state of a major industrial nation.
Fascism may win a battle in 2024, but the long-term war for human rights and dignity for each person continues today and will continue tomorrow.
Literature like that of Shay Youngblood and Jesmyn Ward feed our spirit and build our minds, the most powerful weapons in the war against American racism/fascism. Shay Youngblood's Spirit helps make us strong.
Very well said!