Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
A Ralph Waldo Emerson quote I love is “What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.”
Luvvie Ajayi Jones • Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual
Poetry
Poetry
Stella • 2 cards
The Cry of Jazz—was based in part on an unpublished book by Bland entitled The Fruits of the Death of Jazz.
John F. Szwed • Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra
In many classic short stories, the real action occurs in the silences.
Stephanie Stokes Oliver • Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power, and Pleasure of Reading and Writing
But the truth is, no matter what New York says, hip hop has always owed a debt to the South as per Kiese Laymon’s classic essay “Hip Hop Stole My Black Boy.” You cannot get to hip hop without James Brown and his funky drummer, the sonic foundation of the art. Brown, country as he wanted to be, with his greasy perm, spangly suits, and gravelly drawl
... See moreImani Perry • South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Explore the literary world of Patti Smith through eight songs
faroutmagazine.co.ukLangston Hughes: “Harlem”
poetryfoundation.org