Until Forgiveness Comes; Something Like a Sonnet for Phillis Wheatley

[sanguinity]

13. K. Tempest Bradford, "Until Forgiveness Comes."

As Tempest discusses here, this is inspired by, and commentary on, the anniversary ceremony conducted at Ground Zero. As a west-coaster, I am disinclined to make much comment, except to say that Tempest hits themes that matter to me very much.

14. June Jordan, "The Difficult Miracle of Black

Comments

[wild_irises]

Wow! I hadn't read that story of Tempest's, and now I'm really glad I have.

Thank you!

[sanguinity]

Oh, good!

[anahcrow]

I enjoyed both of these immensely and passed the links on over Twitter; thanks so much. Made for a great break in my 'augh, deadline!' day. :)

[sanguinity]

I really liked them both, too, and am glad to see them being passed forward!

[arantzain]

Thank you for the Bradford piece, that was breathtaking and moving and clarified some things for me about my own memories.

[sanguinity]

Yeah. I thought she nailed some very important stuff in there. I have a hard time verbalizing any of it, of course, but that's what fiction is for, no?

[dhobikikutti]

Ah, thanks for that quote. It hit home, and I have the article open in a new tab now.

[sanguinity]

I really liked that article; I hope you find it satisfying, too. It felt like cheating to pull that particular quote -- Jordan spends the whole piece laying the groundwork for it, ramping up to it -- but there was no other quote that summarized the piece quite so well, either.