Lansana, Quraysh Ali 2017
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aint got no mind ta leev dis place
go on moses find yo promise lan
mines is here beside dis fire
wid folks we knows from when we’s born
– Quraysh Ali Lansana, “faithless”
Read this interview with Quraysh Ali Lansana from the Gawker:
http://review.gawker.com/the-breakbeat-poets-on-how-hip-hop-revolutionized-ameri-1720356934
yo baby i aint too old jus yet
jus round thirty-one i think make us a home john one
where we’s both free free from de lash’s shadow free like de lord
mean got dis suit fo ya john aint nobody worn dese clothes befo
walk proud in dese clothese dese is free mans cloths
– Quraysh Ali Lansana, “long way home”
Watch Quraysh Ali Lansana read here:
Quraysh Ali Lansana: The Walmart Republic
Quraysh Ali Lansana stops by the Academy of American Poets to discuss his latest book of poems, The Walmart Republic, cowritten by Christopher Stewart. *For highest quality playback, change your view settings using the gear icon to 720p HD.
