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Cindy Weinstein<p>Some of my must-read books for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistoryMonth</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PercivalEverett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PercivalEverett</span></a>: JAMES and The Trees<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/JasonMott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JasonMott</span></a>: Hell of a Book<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ToniMorrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToniMorrison</span></a>: Beloved<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MauriceCarlosRuffin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MauriceCarlosRuffin</span></a>: We Cast a Shadow<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SolomonNorthup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolomonNorthup</span></a>: 12 Years A Slave<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HarrietJacobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrietJacobs</span></a>: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RalphEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RalphEllison</span></a>: Invisible Man<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DanzySenna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanzySenna</span></a>: Colored Television</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LitStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LitStudies</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a></p>
Cindy Weinstein<p>Some of my must-read books for <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistoryMonth</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PercivalEverett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PercivalEverett</span></a>: JAMES and The Trees<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/JasonMott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JasonMott</span></a>: Hell of a Book<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ToniMorrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToniMorrison</span></a>: Beloved<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MauriceCarlosRuffin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MauriceCarlosRuffin</span></a>: We Cast a Shadow<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/SolomonNorthup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolomonNorthup</span></a>: 12 Years A Slave<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HarrietJacobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrietJacobs</span></a>: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/RalphEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RalphEllison</span></a>: Invisible Man<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/DanzySenna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanzySenna</span></a>: Colored Television</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LitStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LitStudies</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a></p>
Jenny<p>The Invisible Freshman</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BookASongOrPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookASongOrPoem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HashTagGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HashTagGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheInvisibleMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheInvisibleMan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RalphEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RalphEllison</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheFreshmen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheFreshmen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheVervePipe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheVervePipe</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oldfriends.live/@hashtaggames" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hashtaggames</span></a></span></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History April 16, 1994: Ralph Ellison died on this day. Ellison was a member of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for his book, The Invisible Man. He was friends with Langston Hughes and Richard Wright. He became active in the Communist Party, as did many of his peers. But he became disillusioned with them during World War II when he felt they became reformist. He wrote The Invisible Man during this era (published in 1952), in part, as a response their betrayal. But the book also looks at the relationship between black identity and Marxism, the reformism of Booker T. Washington, and issues of individuality and personal identity.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ralphellison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ralphellison</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Harlem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harlem</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/marxism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marxism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMastadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastadon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstadon</span></a></span></p>
Art in a Blanket Fort<p>“What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do?” ― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man</p><p>Disillusionment best describes this book.</p><p>Sixth literary classic on this list:</p><p><a href="https://www.britannica.com/list/12-novels-considered-the-greatest-book-ever-written" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">britannica.com/list/12-novels-</span><span class="invisible">considered-the-greatest-book-ever-written</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LiteraryClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryClassics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Booksodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Booksodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/InvisibleMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvisibleMan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RalphEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RalphEllison</span></a></p>
Stuart D Neilson<p>"The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> who changed my mind:<br>In seventh grade English class we read the first chapter of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RalphEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RalphEllison</span></a>’s 'Invisible Man' and I thought: here’s a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weirdo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weirdo</span></a> who writes; maybe there’s room for a Black weirdo like me.<br>I was 12."<br>— Colson Whitehead</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/14/colson-whitehead-when-i-read-invisible-man-i-thought-maybe-theres-room-for-a-black-weirdo-like-me" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2023/apr</span><span class="invisible">/14/colson-whitehead-when-i-read-invisible-man-i-thought-maybe-theres-room-for-a-black-weirdo-like-me</span></a></p>
James Phelps<p>People and books that helped form who I am today:</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/GrahamGreene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrahamGreene</span></a> <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/JohnUpdike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnUpdike</span></a> <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/WalkerPercy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WalkerPercy</span></a><br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/kurtvonnegutjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kurtvonnegutjr</span></a> <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/JohnIrving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnIrving</span></a> <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/RalphEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RalphEllison</span></a><br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/HermannHesse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HermannHesse</span></a> <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/LorenEiseley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LorenEiseley</span></a> <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/JamesBaldwin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JamesBaldwin</span></a> <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/JohnSteinbeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnSteinbeck</span></a> <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/RayBradbury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RayBradbury</span></a> <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/FrankHerbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrankHerbert</span></a><br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/StrangerInAStrangeLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StrangerInAStrangeLand</span></a><br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/MalcomX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MalcomX</span></a> <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/KimStanleyRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KimStanleyRobinson</span></a> <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/JulianJaynes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JulianJaynes</span></a> <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/SomeTimesAGreatNotion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomeTimesAGreatNotion</span></a><br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/WendellBerry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WendellBerry</span></a><br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/WhatArePeopleFor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatArePeopleFor</span></a><br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/EdwardAbbey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdwardAbbey</span></a> <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/DesertSolitaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DesertSolitaire</span></a><br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/TomRussell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TomRussell</span></a><br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/CarlHiaasen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarlHiaasen</span></a> <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/MichaelPollan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelPollan</span></a> <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/BotanyOfDesire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BotanyOfDesire</span></a> <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/PattiSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PattiSmith</span></a> <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/MichaelStipe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelStipe</span></a> <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/DavidSedaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidSedaris</span></a> <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/CormacMcCarthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CormacMcCarthy</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>2/2</p><p>“And it is here precisely that ethnic resistance is least effective. On this level the melting pot did indeed melt, creating such deceptive metamorphoses and blending of identities, values and life-styles that most American whites are culturally part Negro American without even realizing it.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/absurdism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>absurdism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RalphEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RalphEllison</span></a></p>
George Kelly<p>Just enjoyed and watched this video of Museum of Modern Art photography curator Oluremi Olabanjo talking about an image from Ming Smith's 1991 work "Invisible Man Somewhere, Everywhere" <a href="https://youtu.be/Ay1mBmJVyIg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/Ay1mBmJVyIg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.lol/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/BlackFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackFriday</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/MingSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MingSmith</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/InvisibleMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvisibleMan</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/RalphEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RalphEllison</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/MoMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoMA</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/MuseumOfModernArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MuseumOfModernArt</span></a></p>
Cole Haddon<p>"I recognize no dichotomy between art and protest." – Ralph Ellison</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RalphEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RalphEllison</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackCulture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writerscommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writerscommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creativity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inspiration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storytelling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/screenwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>screenwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creativewriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creativewriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingtips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingtips</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writinglife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writinglife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a></p>
Tony Pennino<p>“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.” <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RalphEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RalphEllison</span></a> <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BlackHistoryMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistoryMatters</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistoryMonth</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BlackLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LitStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LitStudies</span></a></p>
Contrawhit<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/hibernation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hibernation</span></a>@<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ralphellison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ralphellison</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/prepare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prepare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>change</span></a></p>
icastico<p>So I have finished Nexus and come away with a more nuanced opinion of Henry Miller. Haven’t read him since I was an undergraduate English major in the 80s. Decided then that his ability to write brilliant sentences couldn’t make up for his misogyny enough for me to waste my time. But, really, his is a more expansive racism and bigotry than I remembered and he is a self-absorbed narcissist to boot. I can’t recommend him in good faith, but it is true that he can turn a phrase and has many worthy ideas to ponder - after living in his head for 20 chapters I need a mental palette cleanse. </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RalphEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RalphEllison</span></a></p>
Jennifer Taub<p>Time for an <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a>. </p><p>I’m a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/professor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>professor</span></a>, advocate, and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a>. My nonfiction books include BIG DIRTY MONEY (Viking 2020) about <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/whitecollarcrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whitecollarcrime</span></a> and OTHER PEOPLE’S HOUSES (Yale Press 2014) about the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/globalfinancialcrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globalfinancialcrisis</span></a> of 2008. I focus on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/followthemoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>followthemoney</span></a> matters— promoting <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> and opposing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a>.</p><p>I ♥️ </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dogs</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coffee</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/prufrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prufrock</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equality</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/liberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liberty</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/shakespeare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shakespeare</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ToniMorrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToniMorrison</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VirginiaWoolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VirginiaWoolf</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GeorgeEliot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeEliot</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RalphEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RalphEllison</span></a></p>
helices<p>They see only my surroundings, themselves or figments of their imagination, indeed, everything &amp; anything except me<br><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/RalphEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RalphEllison</span></a></p>