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Unseen: Unpublished Black History from The New York Times Photo Archives

by Darcy Eveleigh

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A Cruelty Special to Our Species: Poems

by Emily Jungmin Yoon (Goodreads Author)

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Ellen said: " ‘Poetry is not just relief; poetry is tension. Poetry is departure. Poetry is return. Poetry is memory. I wrote this book to say that one has the agency to command and preserve their own narrative.’ "

Nov 21, 2019 05:18PM · see review

Ellen’s Quotes

“As the poet Prageeta Sharma said, Americans have an expiration date on race the way they do for grief. At some point, they expect you to get over it.”
― Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

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“Blame has no face. I have walked on its staircase, around and around, trying to slap its face but only hitting my own cheeks.”
― Victoria Chang, Obit

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“I’d rather be indebted than be the kind of white man who thinks the world owes him, because to live an ethical life is to be held accountable to history.”
― Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

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“To acknowledge death is to acknowledge that we must take another shape.”
― Victoria Chang, Obit

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“Minor feelings occur when American optimism is enforced upon you, which contradicts your own racialized reality, thereby creating a static of cognitive dissonance.”
― Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

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