literature and trees

She's rummaging through her own backpack, but in a way that reminds me of an actor on a stage or set. Like she's trying to look like she's searching for something but is actually just shifting things around until I'm not watching.

Juneteenth marks a pivotal moment in the long and complex history of emancipation in the United States. This JSTOR Daily reading list explores how freedom was commemorated across different communities, the origins of Juneteenth celebrations, and the ways Black Americans used Emancipation Day gatherings to advocate for citizenship, voting rights, and civic participation. See the reading list. Image: Juneteenth Emancipation Day Celebration, June 19, 1900, Texas, Mrs. Charles Stephenson. Via Wikimedia Commons.

everything i read this month

-Audre Lorde-

-upstream, mary oliver

a very curious little man🐾

- Barbara Kingsolver; The Lacuna

Charles Dickens, Great Expectations - Chapter XXXII

Anaïs Nin, Delta of Venus