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“The Laws of Motion” by Nikki GiovanniRecommended by: Senior Writer Aditi Desai
Eight nonfiction books, 10 spoken word albums, and 12 children’s books — Nikki Giovanni has explored numerous genres over her extraordinary 52-year writing career. Yet, the writing to which audiences continually return is her poetry. As a Black woman in America seeking outlets for self-expression, Giovanni first emerged as a writer during the Black Arts Movement, an American Literary Movement which took place in the 1960s and 70s and challenged the norms of writing as a medium for Black activism.
Giovanni, alongside Black poets Amiri Baraka and Sonia Sanchez, naturally and powerfully embedded themes of Black autonomy and culture into her poems — many of which weave together nostalgic themes like breakfast foods and family affection. One of her most notable poems, “The Laws of Motion,” crisply pivots from the laws of nature to Black joy and struggle, tying science together with dichotomies of love and oppression. In this piece, her thoughts are structured with a kind of logic that offers an interesting rigidity, while still enabling words to melt into each other as if they naturally belong together:
“Laws of motion tell us an inert object is more difficult to propel than an object heading in the wrong direction is to turn around. Motion being energy — inertia — apathy. Apathy equals hostility. Hostility — violence. Violence being energy is its own virtue. Laws of motion teach usBlack people are no less confused because of our Blackness than we are diffused because of ourpowerlessness.”
Blues MusicRecommended by: Contributing Writer Kristiana Filipov
Do you love Peggy Lee’s “Fever” as featured in “The Queen’s Gambit”? “Hound Dog” by Elvis Presley? “Whole Lotta Love” by Led Zeppelin? So do I, but shamefully, I didn’t know until recently that these songs were originally performed by black artists. Little Willie John’s “Fever” received little recognition before Peggy Lee recorded her career-making cover. Big Mama Thornton released her version of “Hound Dog” four years before Elvis, and Led Zeppelin took significant (and unattributed) inspiration from Muddy Waters’ “You Need Love.” The influences of the blues in modern rock and pop music are nearly infinite, but with the exception of stars like Nina Simone and B.B. King, many of these artists are overshadowed by the white artists who appropriate and profit from the sounds of the blues. For this reason, I’ve been delving into the rich musical world of original blues songs, and I’ve curated a playlist of blues classics by both big names and more obscure artists. I hope you enjoy this vivid slice of musical history as much as I do!
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