Waiting For
"You already know enough. So do I. It is not knowledge we lack. What is missing is the courage to understand what we know and to draw conclusions."
Some Kind of Exile
An interview with Caine Prize winner Okwiri Oduor
breathless babbling and blathering about Okwiri Oduor
A profile of Okwiri Oduor, writer.
Sunday Reading
/kaw·re?d?/: Neoliberalism, Foucault and algorithms "A Bitter Disappointment," Edward Said on His Encounter with Sartre, de Beauvoir and Foucault "I am still sister outsider” Punished…
Sunday Reading
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Objects and Clarity
Objectively, Eric Garner was not killed by police because he was black. Objectively: "On July 17, 2014, in Staten Island, New York, United States, Eric…
Sunday Reading
Sunday Labor Sunday.
Some Thoughts on Fruitvale Station, and No Angel
“I think this is a very hard choice, but the price--we think the price is worth it.” --Secretary of State Madeleine Albright I’ve been thinking…
Independent Poetry and the Pleasures of Concrete
linguistic espresso
"Against Literary Passports: the Many Languages of African Literature" (Conference Paper)
The long(er) version of a paper I delivered yesterday at the "From Asmara 2000 to Nairobi 2014: New Horizons and Trends in Africa Languages and…
Is Genocide Right For You?
Many people have a misconception about genocide, which is not banned by international law, but is strictly regulated so that it can be conducted safely…
Texas Stands With Gaza
A selfish statement.
A Snowpiercer Thinkpiece, Not to Be Taken Too Seriously, But For Very Serious Reasons
Or, "The Worst Revenge is a Living Will"
I see no better place
"My life has changed direction," said sun-beaten Thiago Ferreira, a 26-year-old convicted drug trafficker who is helping renovate the Belo Horizonte soccer stadium
Sunday Reading
Which nationalism cliche will you endorse for today's friendly fascism