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Sun Ra’s Creativity| Afrofuturism
Sun Ra was such an intricate and thoughtful creator. He made sure that what he created had meaning. His lyrics in his songs, poetry, the powerful sound of his music shows off his seriously he took his craft. During my research on Sun Ra, I was so happy to find out that he wrote poetry.…
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Sun Ra and His Arkestra| Afrofuturism
Hello, my kids! Gather around and let me tell you another story about the Great Sun Ra!! So, if you don’t remember where we left off in the last post, click here. For four decades, from the early fifties until his death in 1993, Sun Ra and his Arkestra baffled, dazzled and aggravated jazz fans…
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Sun Ra| Afrofuturism
Hello, Hello! We are back at it again! This post is apart of a series I am doing on Afrofuturism. I will be posting something new every week! While doing my research, I was so excited to learn that Afrofuturism began back in the ’50s with an artist named Sun Ra. I first heard of…
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Intro to Afrofuturism|Afrofuturism.
Hello and welcome! I wanted to start a blog series discussing Afrofuturism because I’ve been writing my senior project as a literature major at SUNY Purchase. My initial plan was to write my project on the representation of people of color in Science Fiction literature. When I first started writing, I realized that writing about…
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Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (non-spoiler review)
HEY! I’ve been reading this book since 2016. I wanted to finally read something by the well known Octavia E. Butler. I decided to do a family book club and only one of my sisters actually finished the book. lol I was starting my college career at Purchase College and decided not to read this…
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NEW MOOD ALERT!
Hey, cuties!! The way these past few months went, I’ve finally decided that I want to change so much!! I’ve been wanting so much for myself but I haven’t been moving in alignment with my desires and that’s what I really need to be doing. I want to be healthy and lose weight. I’ve been…
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Let it Snow by John Green| The Jubilee Express by Maureen Johnson (spoilers)
Hello, beauties! I’m buddy reading Let it Snow with a friend, Marshall (Lostinderry). I plan on being done before Christmas. Every time I finish one of the three stories, I will be writing a review. Now, let us begin! I did not like this story! I love love love Christmas romance stories. I am honestly…
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Let’s start again!
Howdy kiddos, let’s get this thing going!! Now, that I’ve finished my weird opening, let’s just chat. I spent that last three months stressing in college, learning about myself and crashing and growing. Through all that, I realized that I wasn’t doing all that I wanted to. I stumbled upon the bookish community and remembered…
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First Semester of Senior Year
Every week of my 1st senior semester. I am writing something short to be posted when it’s all done. 9/05/18 12:49 a.m at work Why do book releases take so long and why do I books to read for school that distracts my leisure reading? Graduation sounds cool because I can read and write my own…
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