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Month: December 2010

The Colored Grinch vs. Black Santa Claus

Posted on December 24, 2010 Administrator2 CommentsPosted in Common Damned Sense

Christmas is supposed to celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ but he wasn’t even born in December. Somebody just gave the man a random birthday. So that’s a little weird to me whenever people say, “Jesus is the reason for the season.”

Decent People Action Alert

Posted on December 10, 2010 Administrator2 CommentsPosted in Up With Humanity

I met Dean Young in August of 2003, when I was a fellow at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference. But if someone had told me that Dean Young had a defective heart, I would have sworn it was a joke. His energy seemed boundless.

Get Well Soon, Our Queen

Posted on December 9, 2010 Administrator2 CommentsPosted in Sister Sister, Up With Humanity

I was introduced by my mama to her music when I was five years old . I thought they were best friends, because my mama didn’t use a last name to refer to her. She was just “Aretha.” Enough said.

Beauty and Justice

Posted on December 7, 2010 Administrator4 CommentsPosted in Up With Humanity

I’ve been meaning to have a podcast with Jake, ever since April, and haven’t gotten around to it, but when Jake sent me his poem that he had written on Herbert Lee, I knew I had to post it and asked his permission.

My Life: A Mahalia Jackson Song

Posted on December 5, 2010 Administrator9 CommentsPosted in Sweetness & Light

Hey y’all, I know I’ve been gone for far too long, but for those of you who teach college like me, you know why. The end of the semester is brutal, what with all the papers to grade, extra conferences with students, and lengthy emotional breakdowns from said students. They start crying and then I […]

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