Comments for Words Matter http://abdul-ali.com Art. Culture. Life Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:54:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Installation # 8 by Bhronda http://abdul-ali.com/2010/06/19/installation-8/#comment-132 Bhronda Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:54:46 +0000 http://abdul-ali.com/?p=387#comment-132 Won't it be really nice when the world catches up with science and we realize that we're all varying degrees of African, where either you're black or some light skinned variation there of? Or how about this: can we just get rid of the "race" categories on the Federal forms? One fill in the blank should do. __ american ___ other___[fill in the blank]________ Won’t it be really nice when the world catches up with science and we realize that we’re all varying degrees of African, where either you’re black or some light skinned variation there of? Or how about this: can we just get rid of the “race” categories on the Federal forms? One fill in the blank should do. __ american ___ other___[fill in the blank]________

]]> Comment on Contact by Christin Celise http://abdul-ali.com/contact/#comment-122 Christin Celise Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:36:03 +0000 http://abdulali.wordpress.com/?page_id=26#comment-122 Hi Abdul! Are you still looking for pieces for your Fatherhood series? I have a piece that I wrote and it was posted on a small blog called blucentric.com last week. I hadn't thought of it as a Fatherhood piece but after being invited to discuss it this Thursday for a Sophie's Parlor Father's Day special, perhaps it is (-: It is about my experience thru my father's death from cancer. Let me know your thoughts and thank you so much! Read it at the below link on blucentric.com. I am happy to send you the PDF or Word file. http://bluecentric.com/?s=christine+celise Thank you (-: Hoping to see you out in the world soon again maybe at another workshop. Hi Abdul!

Are you still looking for pieces for your Fatherhood series? I have a piece that I wrote and it was posted on a small blog called blucentric.com last week. I hadn’t thought of it as a Fatherhood piece but after being invited to discuss it this Thursday for a Sophie’s Parlor Father’s Day special, perhaps it is (-: It is about my experience thru my father’s death from cancer. Let me know your thoughts and thank you so much!

Read it at the below link on blucentric.com. I am happy to send you the PDF or Word file.

http://bluecentric.com/?s=christine+celise

Thank you (-: Hoping to see you out in the world soon again maybe at another workshop.

]]> Comment on A Conversation With Randall Horton by Mattie Hunter http://abdul-ali.com/2009/12/26/a-conversation-with-randall-horton/#comment-121 Mattie Hunter Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:37:50 +0000 http://abdul-ali.com/?p=203#comment-121 abdul-ali.com's done it once more. Superb writing. abdul-ali.com’s done it once more. Superb writing.

]]> Comment on Installation #5 by Joseph Ross http://abdul-ali.com/2010/06/06/installation-5/#comment-120 Joseph Ross Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:11:20 +0000 http://abdul-ali.com/?p=370#comment-120 Sarah - Thank you for this wonderful essay that challenges us all to take on Hughes' wide and inclusive vision. While he might be different from you-- and me in some ways-- in the particulars of his life, he is a brother to us both, especially in his hope that poets can be one necessary voice for change and good in this complicated country. I'm always grateful for your poetry, Sarah. Now I'm grateful for your prose too. Best -- Joseph Ross Sarah -

Thank you for this wonderful essay that challenges us all to take on Hughes’ wide and inclusive vision. While he might be different from you– and me in some ways– in the particulars of his life, he is a brother to us both, especially in his hope that poets can be one necessary voice for change and good in this complicated country.

I’m always grateful for your poetry, Sarah. Now I’m grateful for your prose too.

Best — Joseph Ross

]]> Comment on Fatherhood by Abdul Ali http://abdul-ali.com/2010/05/15/fatherhood/#comment-119 Abdul Ali Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:58:30 +0000 http://abdul-ali.com/?p=346#comment-119 Hello Josette, First off, thank you for reading Words Matter. I included a hyperlink to my essay for The Root. If you look in the first sentence the word "The Root" is hyperlinked to the essay that I wrote for them two years ago. Best, A Hello Josette,

First off, thank you for reading Words Matter. I included a hyperlink to my essay for The Root. If you look in the first sentence the word “The Root” is hyperlinked to the essay that I wrote for them two years ago.

Best,
A

]]> Comment on Fatherhood by josette http://abdul-ali.com/2010/05/15/fatherhood/#comment-118 josette Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:19:27 +0000 http://abdul-ali.com/?p=346#comment-118 i thought that somewhere in here you'd include the piece that you wrote about fatherhood. the others were interesting, but i hope that i've overlooked your own piece somewhere in here... i thought that somewhere in here you’d include the piece that you wrote about fatherhood. the others were interesting, but i hope that i’ve overlooked your own piece somewhere in here…

]]> Comment on What I consider “Good” and “Essential” Black Films by Kathy Ahmed http://abdul-ali.com/2009/12/07/what-i-consider-good-and-essential-black-films/#comment-109 Kathy Ahmed Fri, 28 May 2010 19:47:13 +0000 http://abdul-ali.com/?p=158#comment-109 If only I had a penny for every time I came here.. Superb post! If only I had a penny for every time I came here.. Superb post!

]]> Comment on Installation #2 (Fatherhood Series) by Joseph Ross http://abdul-ali.com/2010/05/20/installation-2-fatherhood-series/#comment-108 Joseph Ross Sun, 23 May 2010 15:51:35 +0000 http://abdul-ali.com/?p=356#comment-108 This is a beautiful reflection by Alan King. It's so interesting how we relate to our fathers and yearn for their approval. It's no surprise your poem is right there by his cufflinks or that he keeps copies of your writing in his truck. What a great image. This is a beautiful reflection by Alan King. It’s so interesting how we relate to our fathers and yearn for their approval. It’s no surprise your poem is right there by his cufflinks or that he keeps copies of your writing in his truck. What a great image.

]]> Comment on Thinking about Precious, Talking about Black Cinema by Wegner http://abdul-ali.com/2009/12/05/thinking-about-precious-talking-about-black-cinema/#comment-106 Wegner Wed, 19 May 2010 23:02:08 +0000 http://abdulali.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-106 What is your ethnic background? What is your ethnic background?

]]> Comment on Erykah Badu’s New AmErykah by Sons to Mothers - From the Mailbox | Eclectique|916 http://abdul-ali.com/2010/04/14/erykah-badus-new-amerykah/#comment-103 Sons to Mothers - From the Mailbox | Eclectique|916 Fri, 07 May 2010 23:39:42 +0000 http://abdul-ali.com/?p=331#comment-103 [...] ALI - Words Matter Abdul and I had a wonderful conversation as he was finishing his review of Erykah Badu’s New AmErykah Part II album for The Root. Yeah, the “video” kind [...] [...] ALI – Words Matter Abdul and I had a wonderful conversation as he was finishing his review of Erykah Badu’s New AmErykah Part II album for The Root. Yeah, the “video” kind [...]

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