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Room for Thought

“Space reserved for being serious is hard to come by in a modern society, whose chief model of a public space is the mega-store.” -Susan Sontag, Regarding the Pain of Others

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”

Kentucke II

In my effort to begin placing myself into my family’s narrative of the history of black Kentucke, I visited a very good friend who lives in Lexington and we toured places previously of no particular interest. This time, we traveled the city as tourists might. So the Kentucky Horse Park was first on our agenda. There, weContinue reading “Kentucke II”

Kentucke

Yes, I know how Kentucky is spelled on a map but this spelling references a Frank X Walker poem in the book Affrilachia, a work I highly recommend. In my reading, the altered spelling references the difference black folk make to the state even though written out of the history and representation of the region; particularly,Continue reading “Kentucke”