Author Archives: alligatorwoods
Eastern Market and the DIA
Ever since I moved to this part of the U.S. I’ve wanted to learn more about Detroit than simply that it was the home of Motown–a feat in itself. I knew that it had once been a hub of … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, education, film, The Art of Rebellions
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Review of Will Allen’s The Good Food Revolution
For the past three years or so I’ve been collecting books on black people’s historical and contemporary relationship with farming. My love affair with the topic began when I tuned into John Robbin’s Food Revolution Summit, which I had been … Continue reading
Black People and the Environment #1
I spent a good number of my adult years in places that had vibrant farmers markets: Brooklyn, New York and Madison, Wisconsin, for example. Since moving to Michigan a couple of years ago, I’ve been thinking more and more … Continue reading
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On Botanic(al) Garden(s) and Arboretums
A couple of weeks ago I traveled to Norfolk, Virginia to visit my absolutely stunning aunt who is the equally stunning age of 78, last count. It has become a practice of mine, whenever I visit a city, to spend … Continue reading
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Yoga and Meditation: 3 Brothahs Doing Amazing Things
Three young Brothahs are doing some a-maaaaazing work in their community of Baltimore, Maryland. Check out the work of Andres Gonzales, and Ali and Atman Smith, co-founders of the Holistic Life Foundation. Check out this very cool interview with … Continue reading
Tagged service, yoga. meditation
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Review of The Chicken Chronicles by Alice Walker
The Chicken Chronicles by Alice Walker, 208pp. The New Press, 2012, $13.56 paperback Alice Walker’s The Chicken Chronicles’ full title is The Chicken Chronicles: Sitting with the Angels who have returned with My Memories: Glorious, Rufus, Gertrude Stein, Splendor, Hortensia, … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Alice Walker, black women, memoir, review
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Review of The Coming by Daniel Black
The Coming: A Novel by Daniel Black, 210 pp.St. Martin’s Press, 2015, $11.94 paperback Daniel Black’s The Coming: A Novel is less a novel as we normally think of it, as a fictional piece of literature, than a sustained meditation on … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, african diaspora, African-American, Daniel Black, review, The Coming
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Rooted
Rooted Watercolor and ink. Again, I’ve been spending a bunch of time in nature. This is what came up the other day.
Psychedelic Bee on a Psychedelic Flower
Psychedelic Bee on a Psychedelic Flower watercolor with handmade paper I’ve been spending a lot of time in nature thanks to this gorgeous weather that has finally made its way to the midwest–absolutely in love with the Earth!
Alligator Woods 