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Slo' Dance
Poems
by Ted Wilson
with an Introduction by Amiri Baraka
Acknowledgements
In writing and completing any book, there are
many people to whom recognition is dues. First, I wish to thank
. . . my father, Harry Wilson, whose sense of discipline did not come
easily; my mother, Althea Wilson, who watches and waits and is
always there to pick me up -- they probably thought they brought
home the wrong baby but nurtured it anyway; my big sister,
Yvonne Easton, who encouraged, guided and helped shape Willie,
and who continues to mentor me.
They are too many to mention, but they know
who they are -- all of the fine poets and writers, musicians,
painters, sculptors, photographers, and artists in general whom
I have been given the privilege to be around, hang with and
share intimacies. I do not take their gifts lightly. I
acknowledge as well the spiritual hands of my godparents who
continually guide me and instruct me to get the most that life,
through the Supreme, has for me. Every day I learn more about
how to work with my tools.
Special shouts to Joe White, writer and
thinker extraordinaire, and to Al Pertilla, the same. they make
me look at things in other ways and to delve deeper. To Amina
Baraka, another writer and performer extraordinaire, one of my
biggest supporters and fans; to her renown husband, Amiri Baraka,
a model for us all in the sociopoliticalartistic world we
attempt to live in, and who's always said to me, "write the
book."
Special thanks to Ben Caldwell for permission
to use his painting for the front cover; the same to Risasi Dais
for photographing the painting . . . . for her computer graphics work in balancing the color for
production, to Shawn Walker for the back cover photograph. And
in the final act of this drama comes my dear friend, comrade and
editor (the poet's poet), Louis Reyes Rivera, who labored hard
and long to make this book happen. The patience of Job, I
believe, was modeled after him. His insight is making me a
better writer and poet everyday. A dúpúe.
Source:
Ted Wilson.
Slo' Dance.
Brooklyn, NY: Shamal Books, 2003 /
Contact: Shamal Books, GPO Box 16, NYC 10116
(718) 622 4426
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Wilson, formerly with Pride and
Liberator magazines, is a writer, producer, and promoter, most recently
with the Bread Is Rising poetry series in New York City.
A cultural worker since the 1960s Black Liberation/human rights
movements, Ted's writings have appeared in several journals: The
Black Nation; Black American Literature Forum; Callaloo;
NOBO: Journal of African American Thought; and
anthologies:
Amiri Baraka: The Kaleidoscopic Torch (ed.
J.E. Gwynne); In Defense of Mumia
(eds. S.E. Anderson, T.
Medina);
Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American
Writing (eds. L. Jones, L. Neal); New Rain #9: Our
Fathers/Ourselves (eds. G. Johnston, M. M'Buzi Moore)].
He also works as a Construction Manager Consultant and
Developer currently involved in an effort to develop a
Cultural/Arts district in Newark, New Jersey. |
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Let Loose on the
World
Celebrating Amiri Baraka at 75
Edited by Karen D.
Taylor and Louis Reyes Rivera
intro by Mumia Abu
Jamal |
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Greenback Planet: How the Dollar Conquered
the World and Threatened Civilization as We Know It
By H. W. Brands
In Greenback Planet, acclaimed historian H. W. Brands charts the dollar's astonishing rise to become the world's principal currency. Telling the story with the verve of a novelist, he recounts key episodes in U.S. monetary history, from the Civil War debate over fiat money (greenbacks) to the recent worldwide financial crisis. Brands explores the dollar's changing relations to gold and silver and to other currencies and cogently explains how America's economic might made the dollar the fundamental standard of value in world finance. He vividly describes the 1869 Black Friday attempt to corner the gold market, banker J. P. Morgan's bailout of the U.S. treasury, the creation of the Federal Reserve, and President Franklin Roosevelt's handling of the bank panic of 1933. Brands shows how lessons learned (and not learned) in the Great Depression have influenced subsequent U.S. monetary policy, and how the dollar's dominance helped transform economies in countries ranging from Germany and Japan after World War II to Russia and China today. He concludes with a sobering dissection of the 2008 world financial debacle, which exposed the power--and the enormous risks--of the dollar's worldwide reign. The Economy |
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Sex at the Margins
Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry
By Laura María Agustín
This book explodes several myths: that selling sex is completely different from any other kind of work, that migrants who sell sex are passive victims and that the multitude of people out to save them are without self-interest. Laura Agustín makes a passionate case against these stereotypes, arguing that the label 'trafficked' does not accurately describe migrants' lives and that the 'rescue industry' serves to disempower them. Based on extensive research amongst both migrants who sell sex and social helpers, Sex at the Margins provides a radically different analysis. Frequently, says Agustin, migrants make rational choices to travel and work in the sex industry, and although they are treated like a marginalised group they form part of the dynamic global economy. Both powerful and controversial, this book is essential reading for all those who want to understand the increasingly important relationship between sex markets, migration and the desire for social justice. "Sex at the Margins rips apart distinctions between migrants, service work and sexual labour and reveals the utter complexity of the contemporary sex industry. This book is set to be a trailblazer in the study of sexuality."—Lisa Adkins, University of London |
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The White Masters of the
World
From
The World and Africa, 1965
By W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois’
Arraignment and Indictment of White Civilization
(Fletcher)
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