Fred Joiner
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Fred Joiner
@fjoiner
Son, Husband, Father, Writer, Thinker Poet Laureate of Carrboro, NC 2019 - 2022 https://t.co/XxnTmIs7oc Ideas my own. Retweets are not always an endorsement...
Chapel Hill, NC Katılım Mart 2010
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I just want to see how many will join me in typing... 'God, please do it for me this week.'
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The Furious Flower Poetry Center and a stellar group of scholars and teachers have developed a syllabus that I can assure you will be an amazing resource. I cannot wait to dig into it and if you are at all interested in Black Poetry you will dig it too. jmu.edu/furiousflower/…
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Much more to say, but more than anything else…Gratitude.
Birds, LLC@Birdsllc
Birds, LLC is proud to announce the publication of three new books in 2024: Stephanie Cawley's @_s_cawley No More Flowers, Ryan Eckes' Wrong Heaven Again, and Fred L. Joiner's @fjoiner Mirror in our Music. More info here: mailchi.mp/birdsllc/3-new…
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@dwaynebetts Thank you D, for your integrity, thoughtfulness and compassion on this, because my initial thought was, "Let's ask the pro-lifers what to do with her or ask the Black men who were detained until they figured out she was lying."
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I’m wondering who Smith is now. If it matters. If mercy exists in this country. If we’re arguing only against prison when it’s black folks inside. I read Brutal Imagination and lived it, but if it ain’t good for the goose it ain’t god for the gander.
The Messenger@TheMessenger
EXCLUSIVE: Susan Smith, who has been in jail for 30 years for drowning her kids, is making a pitch for freedom trib.al/PeXpoNw
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Poets' Party: An Evening of Community Poetry
#Carrboro and the Poets' Council will recognize the #PoetLaureate program w/ former poet laureates reading & guest poets. Special thanks to @fjoiner & welcome to @LizaWolffFrancs
🗓️Sat, Jan. 28
🕕6-8 PM
📍Carrboro Century Center
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@_dariussimpson "seeking the light of anything to explain this long reign of the upside down" - Sekou Sundiata from Urban Music
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@_dariussimpson I would love a copy if you are still sharing. Thanks!
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@jezzbah I feel this because my children are very light-skinned with light eyes but look just like me. But white folks get confused until they really look at them and not just their skin color.
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One of the great joys in serving on Council are the weekly "centering moments" provided by Rock Star Poet Laureate Fred Joiner. As @fjoiner's appointment winds down, I'm looking forward to the new voice that Poet Laureate Liza Wolff-Francis will bring to the Chamber.
Carrboro, NC@CarrboroGov
#Carrboro Announces New #PoetLaureate Liza Wolff-Francis will be introduced as the next Carrboro Poet Laureate at the West End Poetry Festival on Saturday, Oct 15. ↪️ townofcarrboro.org/CivicAlerts.as… #carrboro #poetlaureate #poetry #poet #westendpoetryfestival
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@JemarTisby God bless you @JemarTisby for engaging with folks, who as Baldwin said “are trapped inside are trapped inside a history they do not understand.” Most are so committed to the fictions of their religion, faith, their nation and identity that you can not talk in any critical manner.
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@bettinajudd Word . Because may 13th just passed I was thinking about the remains of children from the MOVE bombing in Philly. And how that sat in box at UPENN in a forensics dept for over 30 years
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@jasondeanarnold Hey brother, it was a pleasure to meet you and chop it up for a bit. Let’s keep in touch. I have a few poems out in the world I can share with you if you are interested too.
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And, @fjoiner, I also picked up Emergent Strategies. Just started and already love. Thank you!
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This powerful meditation from @ProfessorEA was recommended to me by @fjoiner in a chance meeting at @epiloguebooksch a few weeks ago. I finally had some time to finish this afternoon. Vital work from Dr. Alexander.
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@ryanbee I would love to see that sliver of a street closed. It would create a nice anchor with a corridor to Town Commons. It would a a perfect place for live music and festivals downtown.
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Aaron Douglas found inspiration in the blues, creating a visual equivalent to Langston Hughes’ efforts to capture the sound, texture, & southern origins of modern Black culture
See their 1925 collaboration in “Modern Black Culture: Art of Aaron Douglas” at @AcklandArt
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