“…not many people have ever died of love. But multitudes have perished, and are perishing every hour…–for the lack of it.”
— Adrian Ernesto Cepeda (@PoetNotRockStar) August 2, 2019
— James Baldwin pic.twitter.com/JhgSwf875K
"we live in an age in which silence is not only criminal but suicidal"
— Ilya Kaminsky (@ilya_poet) August 5, 2019
–James Baldwin
(fro An open letter to my sister, Miss Angela Davis, 1970, NYRB)
I
— Annick MacAskill (@thisisannick) August 5, 2019
am beneath that water.
It falls with great force
and the light
Blinds
me to the light.
I can't stop thinking about this James Baldwin poem. https://t.co/Yo7vxE5PMx
What is the goal of philosophy?
— Emir Han (@RealEmirHan) August 5, 2019
•PLATO: to pursue the truth.
•EPICURUS: to live the good life.
•WITTGENSTEIN: to clarify thought.
•ALBERT CAMUS: it's when you finally figure out some kind of reason to not kill yourself immediately. pic.twitter.com/ilFePROpGm
“Chickpeas are windy, provoke lust, encrease milk in nurses, provoke the menses, outwardly, they help scabs, itch, and inflammations of the testicles.”
— Whores of Yore (@WhoresofYore) August 5, 2019
– Nicholas Culpeper, “Complete Herbal” (1653) pic.twitter.com/vrYrAvFAnD
Daniel Mendelsohn recites Cavafy | Onassis Cultural Centre Athens https://t.co/9OoH4Jomkt via @YouTube
— knifeforkbook (@knifeforkbook) August 5, 2019
— Philip Metres فيليب أبورجيلي (@PhilipMetres) August 5, 2019
“The function of freedom is to free someone else.”
— Black Women Radicals (@blkwomenradical) August 6, 2019
— Toni Morrison pic.twitter.com/JO31HE9VTq
And I answered her:
— Sappho Bot (@sapphobot) August 4, 2019
Rejoice, go and
remember me. For you know how we cherished you.
DL Homo thinking I’m mAsC bc of my beard: yo sup
— Satan’s Bottom (@satansbottom) July 24, 2019
Me: pic.twitter.com/6JRHJtnn3D
Back to love. James Baldwin's birthday should be an international holiday. 'The effort to be a writer, is an act of love, it's an act of faith.' pic.twitter.com/6Gmtfvr44U
— Harmony Holiday (@Harmony_Holiday) August 2, 2019
knife | fork | book 