February 2012 – In Reverie Blog

Models Monday: Repeat Step 1

In advance of considering Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer Prize winning play Death of a Salesman, I decided to re-post the following piece. As I considered the play’s critique of the “hollowness of some cherished American ideals,” I wondered how this critique would play out in the age of reality television. Though I’ve taken my copy of the playContinue reading “Models Monday: Repeat Step 1”

Reading with the Times

I am going to join The New York Times in their reading of Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer Prize winning play Death of a Salesman. It’s a play that has always moved me and I agree with the Times about the importance of considering Death of a Salesman and its critique of “the hollowness of some cherished American ideals.” IContinue reading “Reading with the Times”

Models Monday: More than a Textbook (Washington’s Birthday edition)

I recently watched Shukree Tilghman’s documentary film More than a Month about his plan to see black history month abolished (you can watch the entire film at this address until March 1: http://video.pbs.org/video/2197967045/). Through the course of the film he learns that it’s an ill-conceived project, at least in part, because he did not give enoughContinue reading “Models Monday: More than a Textbook (Washington’s Birthday edition)”

Models Monday: Fifty-nine and Twelve

A few years ago, I was trying to figure out what I thought it meant for black women to be considered icons. This was a consideration that had been lingering from some years prior when I saw Congresswoman Maxine Waters in some setting with black male politicians who all referred to her as an iconContinue reading “Models Monday: Fifty-nine and Twelve”

Models Monday: Borrowing, Renting, and the Library

I. My friend Raina routinely goes to the library with her daughter. It’s their place for getting books, videos, and CDs. I thought about this recently when my mother decided to use her local library to borrow a movie because her local Blockbusters has gone out of business. My Mom was shocked that she hadn’tContinue reading “Models Monday: Borrowing, Renting, and the Library”