Tag: Postcards to the Future

Postcards to the Future: LEGACY Sonia Sanchez

Sonia Sanchez and Lucille Clifton in Conversation  with Eisa Davis, 2002 This excerpt is from the transcript of a conversation jointly sponsored by Cave Canem and the New School, which was the first

Postcards to the Future: LEGACY Harryette Mullen

In this poem by Harryette Mullen, the idea of Legacy is presented through the historic violence of dispassionate bureaucratic language, the policies of oppression, and slippages of their true significance.

Postcards to the Future: LEGACY Yona Harvey

In this poem by Yona Harvey, the idea of Legacy is underscored not only through oppression but the enduring spirit of Black womanhood in power connecting to her primordial spirit. 

Postcards to the Future: LEGACY Erica Hunt inheritance

Excerpts from Erica Hunt’s introduction to Letters to the Future: Black Women / Radical Writing. Angle, Defy Gravity, Land Unpredictably By Erica Hunt The future is a slippery project. What