Born August 2, 1924 - James Baldwin, American novelist, writer, playwright, poet, essayist and civil rights activist - d. 1987…
“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. ” — James Baldwin
Photo: Carl Van Vechten, 1955 - The Beinecke
It's about poetry that works the head and makes all the right sounds. I post what I like to read and hear read. If you see it here, I've probably spent some time speaking it out loud to myself, so I suggest you do the same.
I love this body, this
solo & ragtime jubilee
behind the left nipple,
because I know I was born
to wear out at least
one hundred angels.
--from "Anodyne," Yusef Komunyakaa
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