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Charlie Amáyá Scott: Beyond the Binary | Retelling the Diné Creation Story

I have spent years learning and unlearning what it means to be Diné and to be Queer and to be Trans in this world—this world that denied me First Woman’s gift. Now I am reclaiming this gift.

January 12, 2023 · Leave a comment

Audio: Australian Aboriginal Didgeridoo Music

Australian indigenous music has existed for 40,000 years and is still widely performed.

July 12, 2020 · 2 Comments

Stephen Dobyns: Stories

All stories, as they reach their end, are sad.
The rain comes; the night falls; Malone dies alone.

January 12, 2020 · 4 Comments

Toni Morrison: Nobel Prize 1993 Acceptance Speech (Text and Video)

“Once upon a time there was an old woman. Blind but wise.” Or was it an old man? A guru, perhaps. Or a griot soothing restless children. I have heard … Continue reading

August 9, 2015 · 1 Comment

A Hassidic Tale: On our inability to fit in

A king dearly loved his son and hoped he would some day become king. One day the young prince suddenly took off all his clothes, got down on his hands … Continue reading

November 30, 2014 · 1 Comment

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