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July 8, 2020
in African American Studies, Literature

A Lilac Sprig Dangling from a Horn

July 8, 2020
in African American Studies, Literature

Kasia Boddy— In the last eighteen months of his short life, Richard Wright became obsessed with haiku. Since Wright was a self-declared “protest writer,” readers have struggled to reconcile these (4,000 or so) delicate experiments in verse with the hard-hitting naturalism of works such as Black Boy (1945) and Native

March 19, 2015
in Art & Architecture

Welcome Spring in the Language of Flowers

March 19, 2015
in Art & Architecture

Ivy Sanders Schneider– Spring is almost here, and with it come birds, butterflies, and flowers – colors cutting through the newly thawed earth. Although they symbolize a natural beginning – the start of another cycle of organic growth – flowers, if you’re attuned to their language, can send specific messages.