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Some early covid art to end the night:

“James Baldwin”, typewriter ink on parchment, 2020 #ArtOfSpoutible
01:03 AM - Nov 03, 2023 (Edited)
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I sang at his UMass Amherst memorial as part of the first multi-racial gospel choir they ran and which was formed for that occasion. I had a vicious coughing fit and had to go off stage in search of water. (Maya Angelou gave me a cough drop.) Surreal day, but I still wish he hadn't died.
09:23 PM - Nov 03, 2023
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This is the coolest thing I’ve read all day… thanks for sharing!! “Maya Angelou gave me a cough drop so I could sing at James Baldwin’s memorial service” is seriously badass.
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10:11 PM - Nov 03, 2023
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I was so ignorant and young, but I'd read his work while visiting my dad years before, so I couldn't turn down the opportunity to sing for him. I don't know who the student soloists were, but I sure hope they're still singing! (I also miss the director, who became a mentor for me in grad school.)
10:53 PM - Nov 03, 2023
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