SWEAT--appreciation for the labor of contemporary art by Mendi Lewis Obadike Friday, September 22, 2001 Welcome to SWEAT. A few months ago, I attended a...
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Oct 1, 2001 2:16 am
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SUTAPA BISWAS at Assembling the Eighties I promise not to sweat England all hard forever, but I've been thinking about the work of two Black British artists...
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Oct 1, 2001 2:29 am
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Dear Reader, Below is the entry on Zadie Smith from October 3. I don't know why I didn't send it last week, but now you have two entries to read this week. ...
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Oct 10, 2001 3:24 pm
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Dear Reader, Here is issue 4 on Toi Derricotte. http://Obadike.tripod.com/sweat/derricotte.html Watch out for the post script this time. ...
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Oct 10, 2001 3:51 pm
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Power, Form, and Tradition Good people, It has taken me far longer than I had expected to return to SWEATing. Since you heard from me last, I've been around...
*Poetry and Patience* On Wednesday I went to see a reading and conversation between Lucille Clifton and Sonia Sanchez. It was wonderful to see them and hear...
Friday, November 09, 2001 *Hip-Hop, Queerness, and the Faculty Parking Lot (or Get Used to It)* I teach at a university where there are few Black faculty or...
Friday, November 09, 2001 *Hip-Hop, Queerness, and the Faculty Parking Lot (or Get Used to It)* I teach at a university where there are few Black faculty or...
*Building and the Understory* I know a man who doesn't like poetry. (I like starting this way because it makes the idea of not liking poetry seem rare and...
H*h (In from the Ice) [2.8.2 note: This is a letter I sent to the Cave Canem list January 4, 2002. I have been meaning to go back to it and edit it for SWEAT...
During my (visual) silence these past few months, I’ve been taking mental notes on the body. I’m taking them for an essay I’m going to write when I get...
During my (visual) silence these past few months, I’ve been taking mental notes on the body. I’m taking them for an essay I’m going to write when I get...
Mental Notes I’ve Been Taking on the Body: Coco Fusco's work 2. Coco Fusco recently came to New Haven to do a reading of her play The Incredible Disappearing...
Mental Notes I’ve Been Taking on the Body: Coco Fusco Reading The Incredible Disappearing Woman (in a Startling Hot Pink Jacket) 2. b) On Fusco's resume, the...
Dear all, there was a small glitch in my last communication to you. Usually, I would let it go and just correct it on the site, but I think this one alters the...
. . . Taking on the Body: Rhodessa Jones* I went to see Rhodessa Jones do her one woman show "Hot Flashes, Power Surges & Private Summers" last night. First of...
April 26, 2003 Eating in America Dear friends, It's been a long time, no? So, I was having this conversation with a group of artists about whether or not we...
Dear Friends: I've been blogging away with a vengeance, but I've not included you. Attached is my latest blog and here are links to the recent entries. Hope...
Friday, April 29, 2005 -- Daniel Bernard Roumain as Rock Star April 17: Daniel Bernard Roumain @ Montclair State University Keith and I went to see (and hear)...
***SWEAT APRIL 30*** April 17: The Ancient Concert @ Princeton THE ANCIENT CONCERT was announced like this: A new chamber opera by Daron Hagen and Paul Muldoon...
Bring That Beat Back: Sutapa Biswas Wednesday, October 26, 2005 I'm been thinking recently about the early days of SWEAT. One of my earliest posts in 2001 was...
