ARTS & SOUL Archives – Page 2 of 12 – Scalawag

Giving Jim Grace

Giving Jim Grace

by Joshua Burton May 29, 2024May 31, 2024

East End Preserve, Galveston TX

by Maha Abdelwahab May 29, 2024May 29, 2024

Rest is Not Resistance

Rest is Not Resistance, and That is OK

by Trey Washington March 28, 2024November 19, 2024

Brown Eyes in a Blue-Eyed World

Brown Eyes in a Blue-Eyed World

by Kahlia Phillips March 27, 2024March 27, 2024

Holiday Season—Episode 4 of Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon, Season 2: Seasons of Change. Listen and read along with the podcast transcript. When Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Kwanza and family gatherings of all kinds—the musical, cultural, food traditions—collide against a backdrop of losses, challenges, and major life shifts, the holidays can be a confusing time to welcome grief back home.

Holiday Season

by Nnenna Freelon December 14, 2023

In this episode of Great Grief, Nnenna Freelon pleads with the moon, the sun, and the leaves about how to get in touch with her beloved Phil again. If grief isn’t linear, then maybe sorrow is more than a season—perhaps it’s a portal to the unknown.

The World Since You Left

by Nnenna Freelon December 12, 2023December 14, 2023

The World Since You Left—Episode 3 of Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon, Season 2: Seasons of Change. Listen and read along with the podcast transcript.

Ashes, Ashes

by Nnenna Freelon December 7, 2023December 14, 2023

The changing seasons are an apt metaphor to talk about the shedding, withering, and falling away that accompanies the most painful parts of grief. Nnenna Freelon takes us on a walk through the woods to contemplate autumn and the possibility of renewal.

Falling

by Nnenna Freelon November 28, 2023December 14, 2023

A wife for nearly 40 years, Nnenna Freelon now wonders what to make of the term widow when she still feels the significance of her marriage well after her husband's death in Black Widow, the final installment in the season of Great Grief, Wailing Women.

Black Widow

by Nnenna Freelon November 21, 2023November 28, 2023

Hair holds our history, personality, identity—and our grief. In episode 3 of Great Grief, Nnenna Freelon visits her mother’s beauty salon, where generations of Black women have gathered to discuss their hairstory—the grief over it, and the grief under it.

Hairstory

by Nnenna Freelon November 21, 2023November 28, 2023

Banned Kamp: All Boys Aren't Blue, by George M. Johnson.

The queer survival and coming-of-age book I needed as a child

by KB Brookins November 14, 2023November 14, 2023

No woman makes it through life without a sister. Through faith, family, and struggle, we inhabit a deep solidarity that allows us to hold one another close, even at the very end. In episode 2 of Great Grief, Nnenna Freelon walks us through her journey of losing her sister, Debbie. Listen and read along with the podcast transcript.

Sister Sister

by Nnenna Freelon September 27, 2023November 13, 2023

Photographer Justin Hardiman, a collaborator with Jasmine Williams and Sarah Jené’s 'How We Get Over: We Grow On' project at the Mississippi Museum of Art, shares stunning portraits and excerpts from his audio-visual project, 'The Color of Grief.'

The Color of Grief

by Justin Hardiman September 22, 2023September 25, 2023

When Grief Speaks—Episode 1 of Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon, Season 1: Wailing Women. Grief is a woman with plenty to say. In the first episode of Great Grief, Nnenna Freelon asks us to consider what happens if we stop running from our grief, sit down, and listen to her for a change. Listen, subscribe, and read along with the podcast transcript.

When Grief Speaks

by Nnenna Freelon September 13, 2023September 29, 2023

Despair, Hope, Emancipation: A Story from Parchman State Penitentiary

by A Mississippi Collective August 29, 2023August 29, 2023

In paintings: Life, Death, Carcerality, and the Pursuit of Abolition

by Obie Weathers August 29, 2023August 29, 2023

The perfect present for my Black and trans inner child

by Kelsey Smoot August 25, 2023November 13, 2023

A Grief of Our Own

by Alysia Nicole Harris August 4, 2023September 29, 2023

Schistostega pennata: grief & the luminous land

by Alysia Nicole Harris August 1, 2023August 4, 2023

Review: The Barbie movie punts meaningful concepts into the void and leaves us with nothing. But maybe that’s the point.

Come on Barbie, give us nothing!

by Virginia Walcott July 27, 2023July 27, 2023

An abolitionist review of the Barbie movie's imaginative universe serves as a reminder that systemic oppression can indeed be destroyed.

Barbie: Pretty Police

by Eteng Ettah July 27, 2023

Dark Matter, a sestina poem by Kelsey Smoot, is a complicating and uncompromising ode to Black womxn, exploring reflexes and returns of gender.

"Dark Matter": A poem for grief & other loves

by Kelsey Smoot July 25, 2023

Mausoleums: The Art of Necromancy

by Jaiden Butler July 25, 2023November 13, 2023

"What Things Cost: An anthology for the people." Edited by Rebecca Gayle Howell, Ashley M. Jones and Emily J. Jalloul. Published by The University Press of Kentucky.

An anthology for people over capitalism

by Katherine Webb-Hehn July 19, 2023

A lifelong musician on the unbearable silence of prison.

Out of my hands: A musician in prison pines for his bass

by David Annarelli June 22, 2023September 27, 2023

Rapper Alim Braxton, aka Rrome Alone, released his music video 'Prisoner of War' from Death Row.

Prisoner of War

by Alim Braxton June 22, 2023September 27, 2023

An artist's tribute to painter Duniyana Al-Amoor, killed in her room in Gaza at age 22.

Art Under Aggression

by Malak Mattar June 22, 2023November 14, 2023

Palestinian prison arts and crafts reflect the realities of life and love under Israeli occupation

Diaries of Blood: The secret artists within Israeli detention facilities

by Eman Al-Astal June 22, 2023November 14, 2023

Solitary confinement in maximum security prison

Nightmares & Daydreams: Welcome to maximum security

by Zakaria Amara June 20, 2023September 27, 2023

Scalawag's 2023 Abolition Week theme: The Bars We Can't See.

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Introducing Abolition Week 2023: The Bars We Can't See

by Scalawag Editors June 19, 2023November 14, 2023