The Thousand Words Podcast

Please go read these two stories from Langston Hughes:

Seven People Dancing

Blacklisted from Birth

My words this week are station/shoes.

Phenomenal writer and poet Jacqueline Nkhonjera gives a quest essay this week based on the word 'evergreen.'

Find her on Instagram: @jacqueline.tiwonge

Thanks for listening this week, we'll be back with another episode next Friday.

Start here:

Ava DuVernay's documentary "13th" and show "When They See Us" -- Netflix

Brian Stevenson's book "Just Mercy"

Claudia Rankine's book "Citizen: An American Lyric"

New York Times podcast "1619"

Harriet Jacobs's novel "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"

The work doesn't end with this list. In fact, it is only a beginning, which is why I say start here. Do not end here. Seek out black writers, creators, thinkers. Seek them out and consume the art and teaching that has been out there for years. It's available to you. But above all, do the work.

An essay about three times I was outside getting wet. My words this week were damp/start. If you enjoy the show, please share an episode with someone who might enjoy it.

An essay on the beauty of autumn and all the things I remember about those years. My words this week were magic/apples.

An essay about two places at different stages. One of future, the other past it's time. And yet they both feel the same, or at least point to the same things. My words this week were rainstorm and cemetery.

An essay about the first time I brushed my teeth in a rest stop. Eugene, Oregon, 2016. visitor/adjust.

The Easy Part. An essay about moving home after some years. Back to Wisconsin from Colorado. Leaving and returning. My words this week were coast/thread.

A thousand word essay based on two randomly generated words. Once a week. Just for you.