Category: American History
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Honoring the History that Peace Makes – Bright Skylark Literary Productions
Anti-war protesters make their voices heard in Madrid, Spain, 2003. (photo by Scanpix and NBC News) “A vision of humanity as a unified force for peace had come alive in the form of millions of living breathing souls and an ideal of international democracy had been realized on a small…
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A Digital Facelift for PEN American Center – Bright Skylark Literary Productions
(PEN International World Association of Writers logo) The PEN American Center turned all of 90 years old in 2012 and recently decided to give itself a very useful digital facelift. With such cases like that of the Qatari poet Mohammed Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami, Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, and Ethiopian journalist…
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Poem for a President: Midnight Flight of the Poetry Angels
Barack Obama officially sworn in as president of the U.S. for the second time by Chief Justice John Roberts. (White House photo by Lawrence Jackson) “Hope drowned in shadows emerges fiercely splendid–– boldly angelic.” —Aberjhani, from The River of Winged Dreams One of the political jabs with which critics of…
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The Harlem Renaissance and the Year 2020 – by Aberjhani
Logo for 100th Anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance The exact start of the Harlem Renaissance cannot be easily identified––nor, for that matter, can its end. There are in fact those who maintain that the Harlem Renaissance has never come to full head-on conclusion. It has instead adapted, evolved, and shifted…
Bridge of Silver Wings 2025 
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