10/10 for invoking Gandhi. I hope they teach this in journalism classes.

pitch perfect submission for the NYer which has also marked itself forcefully.

"But if we are to think about the writing itself, and not just what it signifies, that Coates has marked himself so forcefully on the side of the Palestinians, I am not exactly sure what to make of “The Message,” which, more than anything, is about the moral conversion of a famous writer."

HFhofrench.bsky.socialOct 4, 2024 1:28pm

www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l...

Why Ta-Nehisi Coates Writes

In “The Message,” Coates urges young writers to aspire to “nothing less than doing their part to save the world,” but his latest work reveals the limits of his own advice.

critical conversation here

DNdavidnaimon.bsky.socialSep 24, 2024 2:37pm

Isabella Hammad's 2023 Edward Said memorial lecture was about narrative turning points. But after Oct 7th she had her own turning point & wrote an afterword that reorients herself to her own speech. We discuss both today Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/isab...

Isabella Hammad : Recognizing the Stranger : On Palestine and Narrative - Tin House

Today’s conversation with Isabella Hammad is truly like no other on the show in its fourteen year history. The main text of her book is the speech she delivered for the Edward Said Memorial Lecture in...

So proud of my student for their first publication about their Native heritage: "The Untold Story of Aleutian Survival, Language, and Colonial Devastation"

The Untold Story of Aleutian Survival, Language, and Colonial Devastation

I am going to tell you a story. It is a story of pain, bloodshed, resilience, and survival. It is a story passed down in my family through oral tradition that runs through my veins. It is my history.

I cannot bear to watch it but I am placing it here for the record.

Investigating war crimes in Gaza I Al Jazeera Investigations

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

Unconfirmed news that they put a camera in Butler Library stacks at the shelf-marks for Palestine Studies. The crime is in the thinking and the being.

Wow, it is already out there in the world!

AKakalhan.bsky.socialOct 3, 2024 1:21pm

Very excited about @sepoy.bsky.social's new book! Looking forward to reading.

whoa in the wild!

Don't miss today's episode, a live recording of my conversation with two of the most brilliant writers & thinkers, Dionne Brand & Adania Shibli, as part of Jewish Currents Live: A Day of Politics & Culture, September 15th in New York City Audio📻🔥: tinhouse.com/podcast/jewi...

Jewish Currents Live : Dionne Brand & Adania Shibli in Conversation - Tin House

As part of Jewish Currents Live: A Day of Politics & Culture, I moderated a conversation between Adania Shibli and Dionne Brand this September in New York City. Both Dionne and Adania have been on the...