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The Piecing Together of History: King, Baldwin, Hardwick, and Davidson
By Geo Ong Introduction: In the following assemblage, the words of James Baldwin are taken from his essay ‘The Dangerous Road Before Martin Luther King’, published in 1961, seven years before Dr. King’s death. Dr. King’s own words are taken … Continue reading
Posted in Fine Arts, Geo, Literature, Politics & Global Issues
Tagged bruce davidson, civil rights, civil rights movement, elizabeth hardwick, james baldwin, letter from birmingham jail, martin luther king jr, the apotheosis of martin luther king, the dangerous road before martin luther king
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Celebrating Black History Month Three Right Ways
February is Black History Month, and what better way for the Urchin Movement to celebrate it than by highlighting three of our favourite, most influential writers? These figures, three out of many, are Urchinspirations to us as they most likely … Continue reading
My Time at the Coffee House and Karen Tei Yamashita’s ‘I Hotel’
By Geo Ong I had a good feeling about I Hotel, a novel by Karen Tei Yamashita, right from the start. In the first pages, before the copyright and title page, was printed the mission statement of Coffee House Press, … Continue reading
Posted in Geo, Literature
Tagged art as social revolution, books, cafes, civil rights movement, coffee, coffee house press, coffee houses, coffeeshops, fiction, i hotel, inspiration, international hotel, karen tei yamashita, minneapolis, nonprofit, novels, publishing companies, san francisco, sixties, social movements, tea, yellow power movement
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Hippies v. Hipsters: The Generation the Revolution Died?
By Sarah Jost In the 1950s, the Beat Generation renounced a focus on material possessions and conformity in favor of a life of bohemian creativity and experimentation. A direct result of the seriousness and repression of the World War II era, … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Money, Music, Sarah
Tagged Allen Ginsberg, animal cruelty, anti-establishment, Arcade Fire, Beat Generation, civil rights movement, fixed-gear bicycles, folk, hippies, Hipsters, hunger and poverty, Iraqi War, Jack Kerouac, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, oil spill, polar bears, Punk, the draft, Vietnam War, white privilege, William S. Burroughs, World War II
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Observing the Obscure: Romare Bearden
By Geo Ong In honour of Black History Month, join me in observing and celebrating the work of Romare Bearden. Though not a household name (unless your household is really cool), Bearden was an influential artist and major figure of … Continue reading →