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Poetics Of The Archive: An Evening With Nikky Finney & Robin Coste Lewis At The Schomburg In Harlem

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In this literary mixtape, DJ-Scholar Lynnée Denise, will join in conversation artists, musicians, and performers Saul Williams and Tamar-kali, as they mine her new “biography in essays” Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters. To reveal an artist who was an innovator across her four-decade-long career. Willie Mae, a blues woman, gave us “Hound Dog,” “Ball and Chain,” and other songs that changed…

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