What to say about this universe? This beautiful cosmic gift that brings us contact with only the most magical of creatures. One such creature said to me, “Tell me about your parents’ traumatic journey,” before forking a piece of sesame crusted white fish into his mouth. I give him a reader’s digest version of the…
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On the Burden of Proof: Racialized Violence and the Limits of Public Mourning
She was more than just a snapshot you have seen on television, more than just a victim of a terrible crime, more than just a woman in a hijab who apparently inspired anger in a man she hardly knew. She loved and was loved; she cared for others and was cared for by them; she…
The Rage: Some Closing Comments on “Open Casket”
Emmett Till is dead. I don’t know why he can’t just stay dead. – Roy Bryant This is what our dying looks like. – Jericho Brown What can one say, in response to Dana Schutz’s Open Casket? To say even this, out loud, would sound, without further inquiry, like a reference to…