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Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Published on the 18th of May, 1953, ‘Go Tell it on the Mountain’ became the book that James Baldwin is probably most famous for. Including the very real impacts of violence upon the African American community during a time of turbulence for Civil Rights, James Baldwin became an absolute superstar not just of his race, but of the oppressed in every situation, in every country, all over the world. From Palestine to the Civil Rights Movement, from the LGBTQA+ to Muslim Migrants from war-torn countries, James Baldwin is the voice of the oppressed not just through the way he presents the division, but the way he presents a reality that the oppressors could not possibly be aware of. A reality in which every day is a fight to survive. What makes this even more real is that this is a semi-autobiographical novel. In my personal opinion, James Baldwin was the most articulate man in history.
Annie KapurPublished a day ago in GeeksThe Flamingo Lounge
Lola heard the footsteps from the hallway as she sat in her dressing room. She stared straight ahead at her reflection. Her lips had grown thin and her wrinkles had grown deep. The Flamingo Lounge had seen better days and so had she.
D.K. ShepardPublished 3 days ago in Fiction
A Sorry Letter
Dear Me, I wanted to sit for a bit and write this letter to you. To tell you how sorry I am for what I've put you through. To let you know it was not my intention to purposely put you through this pain over and over again. I just want you to hear me out, and if at the end of this letter you choose not to forgive me that is fine with me I will understand.
Merjaunie LenaPublished 2 days ago in Writers146 As the Crow Dies
Feed me crow. With a side helping of humble pie. Yes, bird and entrails are what I deserve, garnished with an eye-for-an-eye and gnashed teeth.
Gerard DiLeoPublished 2 days ago in FictionOne Step
“Focus on the step in front of you and not the whole staircase” Sometimes, a project looks impossible. We look ahead,
Ruth Elizabeth StiffPublished 4 days ago in PoetsThe Intersection of Past and Upcoming
This story was originally published on Medium. ************** A bellow, a shriek, a roar… one by one… emanated in the distance, but closed in. Not one single hair on one single neck in the valley wasn’t standing at attention.
Stephen Kramer AvitabilePublished 4 days ago in FictionDelicious Nightmares
There is nothing novel in the observation that a good cinema experience is akin to a waking dream. We sit in darkness and become enveloped in a world of images that we piece together to form a narrative. Sometimes the images overpower us and we struggle with the paralysis of a nightmare. And then the lights come back up and we take a breath to remember it was not real, we were not in that car crash, we were not in a fight, we were not a lover being romanced. And we need a moment between the last credit and the real world to gather our thoughts to find meaning in what we have seen.
Rachel RobbinsPublished 2 days ago in WritersDead Bird Society
This is based on Randy Baker's prompt: Inspired by The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Let me be clear about what happened…
Kendall DefoePublished 6 days ago in FictionGrief is an Animal
I will not discuss how you went, Not how I found you, nor the tears that I spent. I will not talk about the sound I made,
Valerie TaylorPublished 5 days ago in PoetsIt Happened
Introduction Three years ago I joined Vocal to win a big prize. That never happened, but this did. What Did? As you know I have a fascination with numbers and tend to track what happens to my account via Vocal's flawed statistics. As I hit certain numbers of stories, I tend to share them with others on Vocal.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 3 days ago in Writers
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