AALCI 2021

Here's our notebook of writings by and about our 11th cohort of the African American Literatures and Cultures Institute (June 7 - 30).  Like last year, we are hosting our meetings remotely. 

Entries charting our progress, activities, and thinking.

Artwork commentary 

• Comments on two paintings by Kehinde Wiley

• Comments on Kehinde Wiley's Naomi and Her Daughters

• Comments on Kehinde Wiley's Anthony of Padua 

Poetry commentary 

• Comments on Porsha Olayiwola’s "Angry Black Woman"

• Comments on Lucille Clifton's "won't you celebrate with me" 

• Comments on June Jordan's "Poem about My Rights" 

Heads of the Colored People commentary 

• On Nafissa Thompson-Spires's "Belle Lettres"

• On Nafissa Thompson-Spires's "Fatima, the Biloquist"

• On Nafissa Thompson-Spires's "Heads of the Colored People"

Additional 

• Receiving guidance on tech/DH projects

• The benefits and challenges of double majors 

Related:

• A Notebook on AALCI, 2010-2020