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Trying to begin a good productive week. Responding to correspondence, checking the news and doing morning stuff. I went online and ordered a few books from the public library. I selected the James Merrill biography and the novel Mislaid by Nell Zink.

I wrote and sent Sophy Burnham a blurb for her new book. Here is a link to her website:
www.sophyburnham.com

I will spend the rest of the day working on my Collected Poems. I received the first half of the manuscript from Willow t and need to help change the formatting. Yesterday I had an hour conversation with the editor Kirsten Porter.

Click to sign up for Delanceyplace! delanceyplace@gmail.com    Today's encore selection -- from How Football Explains America by Sal Paolantonio. The football huddle was invented at a college for the deaf -- Gallaudet University in Washington DC -- as a means of hiding signals from other deaf teams. It was then institutionalized at the University of Chicago as a means of bringing control and Christian fellowship to the game: "When Gallaudet played nondeaf clubs or schools, Hubbard merely used hand signals -- American Sign Language -- to call a play at the line of scrimmage, imitating what was done in football from Harvard to Michigan. Both teams approached the line of scrimmage. The signal caller -- whether it was the left halfback or quarterback -- barked out the plays at the line of scrimmage. Nothing was hidden from the defense. There was no huddle. "Hand signals against nondeaf schools gave Gallaudet an advantage. But other deaf schools could read [quarterback Paul] Hubbard's sign language. So, beginning in 1894, Hubbard came up with a plan. He decided to conceal the signals by gathering his offensive players in a huddle prior to the snap of the ball. ... Hubbard's innovation in 1894 worked brilliantly. 'From that point on, the huddle became a habit during regular season games,' states a school history of the football program. ... Gallaudet University Archives "In 1896, the huddle started showing up on other college campuses, particularly the University of Georgia and the University of Chicago. At Chicago, it was Amos Alonzo Stagg, the man credited with nurturing American football into the modern age and barnstorming across the country to sell the game, who popularized the use of the huddle and made the best case for it. ... "At the time, coaches were not permitted to send in plays from the sideline. So, while Stagg clearly understood the benefit of concealing the signals from the opposition, he was more interested in the huddle as a way of introducing far more reaching reforms to the game. "Before becoming a coach, Stagg wanted to be a minister. At Yale, he was a divinity student from 1885 to 1889. ... Thoughtful, pious and righteous, Stagg brought innovations to football as an attempt to bring a Christian fellowship to the game. He wanted his players to play under control, to control the pace, the course, and the conduct of what had been a game of mass movement that often broke out into fisticuffs. Stagg viewed the huddle as a vital aspect of helping to teach sportsmanship. He viewed the huddle as a kind of religious congregation on the field, a place where the players could, if you will, minister to each other, make a plan, and promise to keep faith in that plan and one another." How Football Explains America Author: Sal Paolantonio Publisher: Triumph Books Copyright 2008 by Sal Palantonio Pages 38-41 Please click through to our website to purchase: www.delanceyplace.com       All delanceyplace profits are donated to charity and support children's literacy projects.

The training you deserve. Bowery Poetry is excited to announce its Spring 2016 workshop line-up, taught by some of the most exciting poets, artists, and educators New York City has to offer.  2016 Instructors Include: Lewis Warsh (January to February) Donna Bulseco (February to March) Cornelius Eady (March to April) Mahogany Browne (April to May) Visit www.bowerypoetry.com/workshop to sign up, and view a list of upcoming, current, and past workshops. Workshops fill up quickly; first come, first served. "I loved this classand the openness of Bowery Poetry. What a beautiful space! I can't wait to check outopen mic night. I improved my art and poetry so much! Eternally grateful." “I loved how much the class inspired me to read and experiment” "Peers were terrific!" Click to sign up now! Shawn Randall Hosts… Symphonics Live: More Compassion Edition Sun, 13 December 2015 // 8:30 PM A showcase of the finest poets and singer/songwriters in NYC, with a focus on Improvisation, Generosity, Creativity, and Love. Tickets: $15 online advance; $20 at the door. Launch Party for… Rabbit Ears: TV Poems Mon, 14 December 2015 // 6:30 PM Join published NYQ Books and editor Joel Allegretto for the official launch of "Rabbit Ears: TV Poems," the first anthology of poetry about the mass medium. Tickets: FREE at the door.

Join the Bowery Poetry Club! Join to attend our members-only Solstice Soirée! Star poets, music, free food and drink, 7-10pm Sunday, December 20th. Last "Poet in New York" of 2015! Come celebrate 100 shows of our signature open mic 9-11pm this Monday, Dec. 14th. Come by 8:30pm to sign up.

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E-News

Hopefully when February 2016 gets here Iowa and New Hampshire will put an end to Trump madness. Our addiction to adult entertainment is responsible for the creation of nonsense politics.

Could you see Trump running against Kennedy or Nixon?  Of course not. We are beyond silly if we even whisper the idea of  Kanye West for president. It seems every year we open a Pandora box filled with characters. Has anyone seen Sarah Palin lately? Our nation needs a vacation from certain people.

Remember when you couldn't be black and die without Jesse Jackson speaking at your funeral? Oh, and has anyone heard from Cornel West?  I suspect he is working on a book that will be published right after Obama leaves office. The title might be "How the West was Lost during the Eight Years of Obama."

THE DIANE REHM SHOW

DIANE REHM IS RETIRING. HERE IS A LINK TO SHOWS I DID WITH HER OVER THE YEARS
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/08/458950184/diane-rehm-to-retire-from-long-running-radio-show

Readers' Review: "Home" by Marilynne Robinson (Rebroadcast ...<http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-11-25/readers-review-home-marilynne-robinson-rebroadcast>
Nov 25, 2011 ... E. Ethelbert Miller. poet; director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University, Board Chair of the Institute for Policy Studies.
thedianerehmshow.org/.../readers-review-home-marilynne-robinson- rebroadcast

Readers' Review: "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin | The Diane ...<http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-04-18/readers-review-awakening-kate-chopin/transcript>
Apr 18, 2012 ... We're going to take a short break here and when we come back, more of your calls for Jane Holmes Dixon, Judith Warner, E. Ethelbert Miller, ...
thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-04-18/readers.../transcript

Readers' Review: "One Writer's Beginnings" by Eudora Welty | The ...<http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2008-06-25/readers-review-one-writers-beginnings-eudora-welty>
Jun 25, 2008 ... E. Ethelbert Miller. poet; director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University, Board Chair of the Institute for Policy Study.
thedianerehmshow.org/.../readers-review-one-writers-beginnings-eudora- welty

Readers Review: "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett | The Diane Rehm ...<http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2010-02-25/readers-review-help-kathryn-stockett>
Feb 25, 2010 ... E. Ethelbert Miller. poet; director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University, Board Chair of the Institute for Policy Study.
thedianerehmshow.org/shows/.../readers-review-help-kathryn-stockett

Readers' Review: Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" | The Diane ...<http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/1999-05-21/readers-review-chinua-achebes-things-fall-apart>
May 21, 1999 ... E. Ethelbert Miller. poet; director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University, Board Chair of the Institute for Policy Study.
thedianerehmshow.org/.../readers-review-chinua-achebes-things-fall-apart

Readers' Review: J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's ...<http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2001-12-21/readers-review-jk-rowlings-harry-potter-and-sorcerers-stone>
Dec 21, 2001 ... E. Ethelbert Miller. poet; director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University, Board Chair of the Institute for Policy Study.
thedianerehmshow.org/.../readers-review-jk-rowlings-harry-potter-and- sorcerers-stone

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Readers' Review: Edna Ferber's "So Big" | The Diane Rehm Show ...<http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2004-07-21/readers-review-edna-ferbers-so-big>
Jul 21, 2004 ... E. Ethelbert Miller. poet; director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University, Board Chair of the Institute for Policy Study.
thedianerehmshow.org/shows/.../readers-review-edna-ferbers-so-big

Readers Review: "Your Blues Ain't Like Mine" by Bebe Moore ...<http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2007-02-21/readers-review-your-blues-aint-mine-bebe-moore-campbell>
Feb 21, 2007 ... E. Ethelbert Miller. poet; director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University, Board Chair of the Institute for Policy Study.
thedianerehmshow.org/.../readers-review-your-blues-aint-mine-bebe-moore- campbell

Readers' Review: James Baldwin's "Go Tell It on the Mountain" | The ...<http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2003-02-19/readers-review-james-baldwins-go-tell-it-mountain>
Feb 19, 2003 ... E. Ethelbert Miller. poet; director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University, Board Chair of the Institute for Policy Study.
thedianerehmshow.org/.../readers-review-james-baldwins-go-tell-it-mountain

Readers' Review: "Middle Passage" by Charles Johnson | The ...<http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2004-02-18/readers-review-middle-passage-charles-johnson>
Feb 18, 2004 ... E. Ethelbert Miller. poet; director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University, Board Chair of the Institute for Policy Study.
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2000 | The Diane Rehm Show from WAMU and NPR<http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2000>
Tuesday Aug 8. Invasive Species · E. Ethelbert Miller: "Fathering Words: The Making of an African American Writer" (St. Martins) ...
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MERCY, MERCY, MERCY

2016 is coming. My year of JubilEE.  The Holy Year of Mercy will end on my birthday, November 20, 2016.

THE TRUMP CARD IS NO LONGER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DECK

I think I was taught about the Pilgrims coming to America before a teacher told me about slavery. Those were my early childhood days in the South Bronx. P.S. 39. Religion before race? Fast forward to the 21st century and the start of the new Crusades. Trump trying to ride a presidential horse. A Lone Ranger who might not even trust Tonto. Fear of the other. Donald Duck afraid of Mickey Mouse - who secretly might be a Disney Muslim. Who knows? On the serious side recent statements by Trump should make every American shiver. Politics now and then seem to piss in our drinking water.

Keep the Muslims out of America is hilarious. Muslims are not Martians. Someone should tell the Trump-One that Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in the US. Muslims are not all coming from outside the US. In fact if I'm not mistaken the fastest growing Muslim population might be within the African American community. Is all the recent police brutality about religion? Well, do you believe Obama is a Muslim?

We are living in crazy times. Welcome to Bizarro world. I've grown afraid of fear. It opens the door to Fascism and concentration camps. Keeping data on people comes with pinning ceremonies. Wear a tag if you're a Muslim. Speak Japanese if you don't believe this can happen again.

CATCH YOUR BREATH BEFORE YOU CATCH AFIRE

My wife returns from shopping downtown and wonders what happened to all the black people. We sit in the kitchen while she catches her breath and unpacks a few items from Trader Joe's. I laugh as if this was the opening act of Day of Absence. Yes, we are gone and there is no trace of us. Even our fingerprints have been erased. Was Marion Barry ever mayor?  Crackerjack surprise? The unexpected can knock you down like the blues the first time. It's like seduction being mistaken for love. Catch your breath. Change can be a whip that leaves scars.

Speak Japanese to me and I'll start to worry about Muslims being placed in camps. Fear first rides a bicycle and then suddenly runs over you with a car. After a mass shooting everyone wants a gun. Bring a gun into your home and it's like a play on a stage - sooner or later you might have to use it. Accidents do happen or maybe just a domestic fight - and one pulls a gun - because like a third beer - it's there.

When did gun violence become confused with terrorism?  Should we all carry suicide belts too?
So you can't find a gun but you know how to build a bomb - what's an NRA member to do?  How do we climb out of this mess?

Before we return to the middle ages and battles between warlords and evangelicals let's prepare ourselves for the inevitable which is too often irresistible. As I keep mentioning - in the 21st century the problem is religion. Also we are seeing the return of tribalism and the failure of the nation state.

Our technology is giving power to the powerless. It is helping people organize in new ways. Count the numbers and the clicks. We are starting to crash into one another because everyone is finally visible.

Almost everyone has a cellphone. If there is one thing about police brutality it seems to often  capture a black person in that dog barking moment one associates with slavery. You know, right before the runaway is caught. That moment of helplessness and the fading dreams of freedom. Do police still say -"Freeze!  There is too much video these days we might have to return to still photographs. Do you remember those lynching pictures? The black body swinging above white smiles. A hole in a pair of pants and a missing penis.

Fear in the air can suffocate a nation. Suddenly none of us can breathe. We are all hanging with our feet dangling over the mistakes of history.

THE E-Box

In 2016 I plan to give 4 E-Boxes to people I admire. The first one will go to Derek Musgrove. The E-Box consists of books taken from my personal collection and given to a writer or a person who has a passion for reading.

E-Boxes have been given to the following individuals:

Karolina Gajdeczka
Alicia Gregory
James Cherry
Patrick Clark
giovanni singleton
Joe Ross
Shakema Smalls
Kirsten Porter
Grace. A.Ali

GRACE ALI WITH HER E-BOX

Catch up on the latest from The Walter Rodney Foundation   READ THE ISSUE FEATURING:

What "Context" Can Justify Walter Rodney's Assassination? Rohit Kanhai Like water crashing over the seawalls, there has been a rush of explanations, based on “context” to justify the shifting political sands, as it swirls with the waves. The “sands of time” seems to have shifted the “line in the sand” so much so, that all commonsense seems to have deserted the land of Guyana. ...read more Rodney's Legacy Matters, Beyond Guyana Anne Braithwaite The assassination of Guyana’s pre-eminent historian, scholar-activist and author of How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, Dr. Walter Rodney in 1980 remains Guyana’s most traumatising political murder. A proper investigation was assiduously evaded by both Forbes Burnham’s African dominated PNC — now rebranded as APNU — and the Indian dominated PPP governments. ...read more

And so much more. TABLE OF CONTENTS Copyright © 2015 The Walter Rodney Foundation, All rights reserved. We strive to keep in touch with those who share in the work and legacy of Dr. Walter Rodney. That is why you are receiving this email. Our mailing address is: The Walter Rodney Foundation 3645 Marketplace Blvd Suite 130-353 East Point, GA 30344

End of the year. So many people lives changed by violence. It won't stop next year unless we pursue the miraculous.

I understand why the elder monks sweep the path. Too many of us never find the road or turn back into hatred

Our time here so short. Paradise just a cloud in a storm.

Here's What It's Like to Work at Planned Parenthood Kevin Drum November 30, 2015 Mother Jones   After two days of near silence, Republican presidential candidates are finally praying for the victims of the Colorado attack. Praying is always okay, even for sinners. It's a turn of phrase that doesn't risk showing even the slightest desire to protect Planned Parenthood from future attacks. Republicans might not want Planned Parenthood workers killed, but they sure don't seem to mind if their angry hordes do everything just short of that.     ., image credit: Tymonko Galyna/Shutterstock // Mother Jones,     Last night, Bryn Greenwood, who worked for Planned Parenthood in the late 90s, tweeted about her experience:   I worked at a #PlannedParenthood clinic in Kansas for 3 years. My coworkers & I were subjected to the following acts of terrorism:   Gasoline was poured under our back door & ignited 4 times. Twice while the clinic was occupied, causing patients to be evacuated. Butyric acid (used as a stink bomb) was poured under our doors & into ventilation system so many times I lost count. Clinic evacuated. 2 cherry bombs were left on our doorstep after hours, causing damage & clinic closure. Imagine what it's like going to work after that. We received hundreds of phone calls, threatening to torch our clinic & to kill the "murdering whores" who worked there. 3 times someone drove by at night & shot out our windows. Picketers stood on the sidewalk & harassed employees as we swept up broken glass.   Our clinic didn't perform abortions. We did well woman exams, pregnancy tests, dispensed birth control, & treated STIs. Our clinic offered free & low cost services in a low income neighborhood, but every day the "pro-life" movement tried to frighten us. The goal was to make us afraid to come to work, to make us quit, to make us close the clinic. That's terrorism. That's how terrorism works.       This is what life is like for women's health providers, even ones who don't perform abortions. I guess I'd urge caution about calling this terrorism, since I'm not sure it does us any good to expand the scope of crimes that are part of the "war on terror." Historically speaking, that hasn't been great for liberal values. Still, it's hard to argue that the goals and methods aren't pretty terrifying-and that's even without Greenwood mentioning the personal threats implicit in photographing license plates and publishing names and addresses of clinic workers, which are common tactics.   After two days of near silence, Republican presidential candidates are finally "praying" for the victims of the Colorado attack. They could hardly avoid it when they were booked on national TV-and anyway, praying is always okay, even for sinners. Especially for sinners, in fact. It's a turn of phrase that doesn't risk showing even the slightest desire to protect Planned Parenthood from future attacks. Republicans might not want Planned Parenthood workers killed, but they sure don't seem to mind if their angry hordes do everything just short of that.   [Kevin Drum is a political blogger for Mother Jones. For more of his stories, click here. Follow him on RSS; on Twitter.]	VIEW ONLINE PRINT SUBSCRIBE VISIT PORTSIDE.ORG TWITTER FACEBOOK

E-NOTE 2016 PERSON TO WATCH KATE DAMON

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DMQ Review is pleased to announce the release of the Fall 2015 issue featuring the poetry of James Brasfield, Jamie Cattanach, Susan Cronin, Carol V. Davis, Darren Demaree, Todd Follett, Jessica Goodfellow, Michael Lauchlan, Jesse Minkert, Rajiv Mohabir, Amber Nelson, R.W. Poole, Doug Ramspeck, and Christine Richardson, with artwork by Bea Garth.
 
Check it out, http://dmqreview.com/15Fall/
 
Sally Ashton, Editor in Chief
Associate Editors: Mary Donnelly, W. Todd Kaneko, Anne M. Doe Overstreet
Assitant Editors: Marjorie Manwaring, Marta Svea
Poet’s Bookshelf  Editor: Peter Davis
editors@dmqreview.com

NEW PUBLICATION

"REFLECTIONS NOIR" The New Publication by the DANIEL A.P. MURRAY AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

I have 2 poems in this issue.

THE SCHOLARS - UDC-TV

I sat down with Dr. Derek Musgrove (UMBC) yesterday and we talked about DC history and politics. Look for the link in a few days.

AND SO IT GOES...

Why is the state of the black race always defined by a film or book?  It seems as if every year we have race debates. We quote DuBois, Malcolm, Douglass and King as if their ideas had the combination to freedom's vault. We celebrate the concept of family while leaving our children naked after the changing of the first diaper. Ancient black music is dead. There are ghosts waiting to take our place. Houdini returns only to teach me how to escape. Too many of us happy learning just card tricks. At the end of the day we will be held hostage. Gunmen will ask us to sing the words of of our favorite spirituals. Many of us will fail. There are too few blindfolds for the believers. Moses descends from the mountain holding only a cup of coffee.