November 2011
2 posts
critical essay on "L-vis Lives: racemusic poems"...
http://www.haymarketbooks.org/pb/L-vis-Lives
Kevin Coval’s third full-length book of poetry explores the sensitive subjects of race, privilege, and cultural appropriation from the less approached side. Through these poems Coval explores the personal and political ramifications of being a white man who becomes a fan and imitator of black artists and artforms. Coval’s poems are at their...
September 2011
1 post
pledge (for troy)
i pledge the alleged who the flag of the United States has disparaged
know the republic in which they stand wouldn’t treat them as a man
under God it’s indisputable,
liberty/justice/a fraud
March 2011
1 post
February 2011
8 posts
What the FUCK is " The Congo"
ayoankhseyelettes:
jolibilite:
Seriously one more person who says the Congo, I will bitch slap them.
No one says the Canada, the China, the America.
The other day this girl was introducing a speaker and she say The democratic republic of “THE” Congo. Where did that even come from‽
yooo. big ups you are fly for this.haha. lmao.
Nomenclature is actually one of the biggest, most passed...
Upcoming Performances
February 25-6- Vandy Spoken Word Showcase- Nashville, TN
March 4- Harvard Black Arts Festival- Cambridge, MA
March 7- LTAB Semifinals @ Steppenwolf Theatre- Chicago, IL
March 17- Break Beat Poetics @ Vanderbilt- Nashville, TN
March 26- BNV on Tour @ 7th Day Adventist Church- North Charleston, SC
April 7- Workshops & Performance @ Philbrook Museum- Tulsa, OK
April 13- BNV on Tour @ Univ....
to an African girl with an afro →
January 2011
8 posts
WatchNew Video by my homies Instrumentality.
cyanyde asked: Hey Nate!
Just wondering, are you going to be on the East Coast on February 16th, April 6th or May 6th. The middle school kids I work with in our poetry program are having open mics on those days and I know they would LOVE seeing/meeting a young black (awesome) man of color making waves in the spoken word scene. Let me know if you'd be interested and I can put you in touch with...
Just wondering, are you going to be on the East Coast on February 16th, April 6th or May 6th. The middle school kids I work with in our poetry program are having open mics on those days and I know they would LOVE seeing/meeting a young black (awesome) man of color making waves in the spoken word scene. Let me know if you'd be interested and I can put you in touch with...
December 2010
5 posts
“I’m a master, baby you could look at my degree.”
– Mikkey Halsted (rapping about your college degree must be a wild hundreds thing, lol)
November 2010
28 posts
“I put my last name first.”
– Rick Ross
“I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this...”
– James Baldwin
Louder Than a Bomb wins Programmers' Best... →
Conundrums: Rusting Steele →
conundrum-sticks:
Senator Jim DeMint (R) of South Carolina has recently made headlines by calling for the removal of Michael Steele as Chairman of the Republican National Committee. Michael Steele has held the position since January 2009. He is the first African-American to ever be elected to the position. The…
RIP to I-57 Rib House →
My favorite BBQ joint in Chicago burned down and nobody told me. I am devastated. This is terrible.
“To bash a gay person, psychologically or physically, or to suggest that a gay...”
– Amy-Jill Levine
Terrifying racist rant. damn. →
WatchLittle brothers doing big things. Check out Chicago’s Next.
“I’m not the best. I’m not the greatest of all time. I’m not...”
– Derrick Rose
My Conversation with Award Winning Author Adam...
*This is a real conversation, edited for clarity*
Let the record show 3 things.
1. I know nothing about goats or other farm animals (other than that they are delicious).
2. I don't smoke so all my contact with marijuana info is second hand (see what I did there?)
3. You should read everything Adam Mansbach writes. Google this man. He's official.
Adam Mansbach: I got a question for you, youngblood.
Me: what's good?
Adam Mansbach: so, let's say I were to feed a goat ten pounds of marijuana, then slaughter the goat. Would eating that goat get you high?
Rest assured, this is purely hypothetical.
Me: hahahahahaahah
Adam Mansbach: that's no kind of answer. Come on, you're in college.
Me: it might but probably not a strong high
Adam Mansbach: Please explain.
Me: it would be a better use to kill the goat and cook it with weed as a dressing or stuffing
well first off the goat would probably not be able to eat that much. it would get high and fall down or something
plus it would take so much it wouldn't be worth it
lol
Adam Mansbach: well, let's say I'm steadily feeding the goat weed for a couple of days.
Me: possibly. since weed stays in your system for a long time. that might work
Adam Mansbach: word.
Me: this is a ridiculous conversation
Adam Mansbach: eh, I'd say about par for the course. But listen, a goat would be better than a cow, right? Or a sheep?
Me: lol. probably you want an animal that is smaller but that has a lot of fat
Adam Mansbach: I've got 85 friends on facebook chat right now, Nate Marshall, and I chose to ask you. That's respect.
So a sheep, then?
Me: a lean animal metabolizes weed better
Adam Mansbach: which is funnier, though?
ah - and metabolizes is bad, right?
Me: probably a sheep
yeah metabolizing it would get rid of it
Adam Mansbach: gotcha. thanks.
Me: shouldn't you be writing an award winning book or something?
Adam Mansbach: what do you think this is for? I ain't no damn goat farmer.
you just made the acknowledgements page.
i am not my hair: Separating Strands: The... →
i-am-not-my-hair:
By Luso Mnthali It is the seventies, at the height of Apartheid. We’re on a farm in the Western Cape, South Africa. On a typical summer’s day, a grandmother takes her small child outside the farmhouse and tells her she is going to cut her long, thick and plaited hair. Thus, a defining moment in…
I’m from the South Side. We don’t have artistic sensibilities. We have Harold’s.
Allow me to re-introduce myself
My name is Nate Marshall. Just realized that a lot of the people who I follow and vice versa I don’t actually know who they are (because they’re tumblr obscures their pic or whatever). I’m Nate. I go to Vanderbilt. umm. yeah. Look at my little profile this at the bottom of my page. I can’t sleep. I have a final in 6 hours. Shoot me.
Do you ever get the sense you're being followed?
Social networks would do well to come up with a different language to talk about people who connect with you. All these people following me is starting to get sketchy. I feel like a black leader in J. Edgar Hoover’s America.
The Style Blogger →
Really like this guys blog. Wouldn’t wear some of the stuff but he pulls it off. Dude can straight up dress well.
The Blaque Book →
Mostly pictures. Cool blog. At Howard Univ. A lot of cool fashion but some of it is very hit or miss for me (but my personal style is pretty conservative though)
The Urban Gent →
This site is decent. A lot of the advice is a little more based in flightly trendy stuff than I like but there’s some interesting and decent looks/advice buried in here. Also one of the only places I’ve seen that offered grooming tips especially for men of color.
Art of Manliness →
I think this is my most visited non-social networking site. I love this site. All types of very cool articles on various manly subject. The Dress & Grooming section has great style tips. Just a very dope site.
Street Etiquette →
pretty decent men’s fashion blog. some of the stuff is a bit metro for me but they have cool sensibilities.