We are at last on the eve of Slow Art Day, a global event. Our installation will be up at the University of Alabama’s Gorgas House Museum 1-3 pm today and online tomorrow. Yesterday, the students completed bead work for the installation and added their haikus to burlap collages filled with archival documents and silhouettes.… Continue reading American Swagger students’ haikus
I just learned my article on Zora Neale Hurston’s 1940s visit to Honduras, a country she said, has “given me back myself,” is available for purchase on Alabama Heritage magazine’s website. It is a preview of my book that will be released this fall. Preorder the book on Amazon or Johns Hopkins University Press’s website.… Continue reading Article on Zora Neale Hurston in Honduras is in latest issue of Alabama Heritage magazine
It’s hard even making this post. Another familiar headline. “Save the babies,” sang Marvin Gaye. But here we are again. Deep breath. Here’s a preview of this year’s Slow Art Day pop installation. In this case, the students’ roll ups give me hope. But so much else….?
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My husband and I took a quick road trip to Mississippi. Came home lighter. Find out why here on my blog’s new site or cut and paste this link here https://sharonygreenblog.wordpress.com/2022/04/24/quick-mississippi-delta-road-trip-soothes/
Latest post on my new blog is here. Or cut and paste this https://sharonygreenblog.wordpress.com/2022/04/20/where-to-start-oh-what-the-heck-go-hilary/?fbclid=IwAR1sAsSqHB0iojsMUWiCP5Rrp6AlOlDffFJShEnD-MembMec9AJVgmVnfXE Dr. Hilary Green, my dear friend, I will miss you!! Run! You did it!!
Please pardon the cross-posting as I began using my other blog more, but good news: Speaking of the archive, my screenplay Rain Come Soon, which relies in-part on the Ballard Papers as revealed in my book Remember Me to Miss Louisa, was just table read by professional actors in London. Thank you Angela, Londonshire Films & the lovely… Continue reading Rain Come Soon Table Read
Ripped copies of antebellum letters from a Tuscaloosa planter shows the limits of silences in the archive. What all did someone not want others to know about an enslaved man-turned-architect? For more, see my blog entry here. Or if you can’t see the link, cut and paste this https://sharonygreenblog.wordpress.com/2022/04/16/ripped/
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