#@pswordwoman

[kinglyfe69]

{Awards} 49th NAACP Image Award Literary Work Winners

Congrats To All of The 2018 NAACP Image Award Literary Work Winners: @pswordwoman, @SusanBurtonLA, @HenryLouisGates, @VashtiHarrison and many more!

Last Night was the 49th NAACP Image Award (Non-Televised), this is where most of the categories I care about happen.~King Brooks

Outstanding Literary Work -Fiction The Annotated African American Folk Tales by:Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Outstanding Literary Work – Children Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by:Vashti Harrison

Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography Becoming Ms. Burton…

[artbookdap]

Featured photographs are reproduced from 'Crowns: My Hair, My Soul, My Freedom, Photographs by Sandro Miller,' the new release from @skiraeditore⁠ ⁠ This 180-page hardcover offers a photographic panorama of the creativity and variety of Black women's hairstyles⁠ ⁠ “Yes, the crowns here are rambunctious,” Patricia Smith writes in her Introduction. “They are fierce, with tint both fiery and chill. If you gaze at them and then slam your eyes shut, they will still be there. The portraiture is so alive, so undeniably real, that you can almost reach out and plunge your hands into those glorious, uproarious naps. You can almost smell the heady combination of spiced oils shimmering in the coiled or braided strands. But it would be a mistake to believe that this work is that keenly focused, that it is simply a devoted homage to what is arguably the African-American woman’s most visible and controversial trait. This is a history book. This is a study of the myriad ways the Black woman struts through the world, the obstacles she confronts and shatters, the inevitable and indelible mark she leaves wherever she enters. This is not just an elegantly wrought look at the crowns the woman wears. This is the glorious story of the woman who wears them.” ⁠ ⁠ Edited by Anne Morin. Foreword by Angela Bassett. Poem by Patricia Smith.⁠ ⁠ Read more via linkinbio.⁠ ⁠ @sandro_film @im.angelabassett @pswordwoman #crowns #blackhair #sandromiller #angelabassett #annemorin #patriciasmith⁠ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb5EsXFONwu/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thehauntedbyhumans]

#day4 of #napowrimo comes from a @surprisetheline prompt, some inspiration from the work of @pswordwoman “Hip Hop Ghazal,” and the anniversary of my Ammamma’s passing from this realm to the next. It’s been three years since she passed away. Most days, I am okay and don’t think about her death. But grief is a ghost in this house; she is rooted here, won’t leave forever. Will show her face on occasion. Will haunt me for a short while. My mama wrote a poem for my Ammamma. It’s been years since she shared a poem publicly. The grief caught me differently today. I am not all sadness. Rather, one part sorrow, one part wonder. I am in awe of the ways in which the women of my family have, and will continue to, make gardens of their pain. Make something new and beautiful. I am proud of this lineage of mothers and daughters. Of the doctors, the singers, the teachers and caretakers. Of the poets and mothers and lovers we all are. My last name is Matuchniak, but I come from a line of Sami women. For me, there is no greater pride, no truer joy, than to be a daughter of this heritage. My Ammamma has passed, but not disappeared, gone, but not left. She leaves behind a family tree of Sami mothers and daughters. This poem honors that. ❤️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CNQagmOAjpH/?igshid=1xo45wt163qnn

[robgibsun]

#wcw Live artwork of @pswordwoman from @twhpoetry writing retreat last December. #art #artistsoninstagram #patriciasmith #poetry #sketch #blackexcellence #robgibsun #smile #blackart #portrait (at Hickory Knob State Resort Park)

[anniefinchpoetrywitch]

My screed on the role of constraint and form in contemporary poetry appears in the current @american_poetry_review It may be controversial, but I get more outspoken as things feel more urgent. Thanks to @bizscanlon for taking a chance on this piece. And thanks and shoutouts to the poets who inspired mention or discussion in it: @dpomofomo @pswordwoman @dwaynebetts @tinachang_poet @poetamandajohnston @jesswins @fattery12 @solmazsharif @alexandra_oliver_basekic @eganmoira @rickbarot1 @chitownbetts @east_bmore @n.trethewey @jerichobrown1 @chenchenwrites @memali108 #poetrymatters #poeticform #prosody #poeticjustice #poeticrhythm #poetry #poetryisnotdead #rhythmislife https://www.instagram.com/p/B8o0Xi-h3pq/?igshid=ic3yu2916is9

[espressonearme]

The latest Espresso Near Me! https://t.co/0jucJUhsq6 Thanks to @pswordwoman @Lipsdoodle @NUCLEARCRISIS16 #coffeebeanstory #xl8

The latest Espresso Near Me! https://t.co/0jucJUhsq6 Thanks to @pswordwoman @Lipsdoodle @NUCLEARCRISIS16 #coffeebeanstory #xl8

— Espresso Near Me (@espressonearme) April 13, 2020