December 2009
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Reading a Book a Week for One Year
Reblogging because A.) I’ve always wanted to do this myself B.) I want to read the reviews
laeticia:
writer inaki escudero recently completed a yearlong challenge of reading one book every week for one year. visit his blog (http://52on52.blogspot.com), where he reviews each of the 52 books and check out his interview with micahel suartees as they discuss why and how he went about...
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BOMB IT!
The global graffiti documentary, featuring street artists and top graffiti writers from 5 continents is now available to watch for FREE online. This explosive new documentary from award-winning director Jon Reiss investigates the most subversive and controversial art form currently shaping international youth culture: Graffiti.
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Protected: ‘Hardy-Har Hard’ – My perspective on... →
How to haymaker punch the Holiday Blues →
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After 35 Years, 'Black Book' Still Strikes A Chord... →
When I first saw the big, shiny 35th anniversary edition of The Black Book, I was snatched back to 1974. That’s the year when the book arrived in our household. It was big and mysterious, covered with a dizzying collage of images: cowboys and slaves, showgirls and dandies. One of those brown faces jumps out. She’s the girl with the bobbed hair and the haunting eyes. I thought then, as...
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Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions
– Alber Einsten
* story THE FADER
For our photo issue, Krisanne Johnson spent time in both Mississippi and New York photographing young black women with HIV and AIDS. They are the quickest growing demographic of those positive in the United States. For an extended edit of the photo essay, Johnson and Lolisa Gibson (who is featured in some of the photos) talk about life with AIDS and the stigma and facts...
“Well, I would say this: when you move down the road towards mastery of...
– Brandon Lee