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Today is a shout out to the work of dear friend @migrantscribble whose piece above (inspired by @alishabwormsley) I curated into @artinadplaces Alan writes โ€œThis work should be in public space because the society that we currently live in is failing Black people daily. Every entity named in this art piece is an entity that advances the global circuit of anti-Black violence that forecloses our futures: pol(ice), prisons, borders, and corporations. Each time this piece is read in a public space, this piece demands that we betray the systems that we were taught to trust under settler-colonial law. I also want to remind all Black people to hold on to their joy because Black joy and Black pleasure are and will continue to be the antithesis to anti-Blackness." - #alanpelaezlopez I also wanted to share a couple of photos to celebrate this new friendship and @migrantscribbleโ€™s generosity and brilliance that has made this world better in so many ways. 1. Photo by @lunapark of @artinadplaces install 2. a poem from Alanโ€™s new book โ€œintergalactic travels: poems from a fugitive alienโ€ which is one of my favorite books of the year: and was recently named a finalist for the latino book award 3. Me with poet friends opening for Alanโ€™s book launch (I was so moved and mind blown) 4. Alan lecturing on an important intersection that we all should think about 5. Alanโ€™s books! Go buy them from independent bookstores. You wonโ€™t regret it. ๐Ÿ–ค Alan Pelaez Lopez is an AfroIndigenous poet, installation and adornment artist from Oaxaca, Meฬxico. They are the author of Intergalactic Travels: poems from a fugitive alien (The Operating System, 2020) and to love and mourn in the age of displacement (Nomadic Press, 2020). โœจโœจโœจ

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