Blue Monk. Orange Cat. Abbey Lincoln & His Orangeness

Library cats. The outdoor cat is in due to inclement atmospheric conditions.  True blue.

Mary Emmons sings. Corseted. 6 p.m. May 18th. Morris-Jumel Mansion.

Tonight at the Jumel Mansion, a dramatic interpretation of Camilla’s Loves of Aaron Burr exhibition, costumed and propped by Herself, and featuring her interpretation of Madame Jumel’s table set for Joseph Bonaparte: “There in the dining room on the left was the table – china, glass, still there, and gold ornaments and pyramids of confections, [...]

The Loves of Aaron Burr. Eyewitness News. 05.07.13

Bookends.

Book Ends

Autism Awareness Month is coming up so this is the part where I ‘come out.’ by Adam Adolfo Thometz

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That’s right! I have autism. Some of you already know. Some of you seemed to have your suspicions. I’ve told a few of you already and you few seemed so shocked. I know. I fooled most of you into thinking I have a normal brain (wait, did I?). I don’t. Sorry. My abnormal brain is [...]

Paper Is Not Dead

The Loves of Aaron Burr: Portraits in Corsetry and Binding

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As most of you know, Camilla and I have immersed ourselves in Harlem Heights history since moving uptown 9 years ago now. Starting with the Founding Brothers, we have worked our way through the Founding Fathers and come to the inconvenient truths of the feminist Aaron Burr and the Founding Sisters. Jumel Terrace Books was [...]

Letter from Prison by Dempsey Hawkins

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Rehabilitation.  Deterrence.  Retribution.  The words reverberate throughout every criminal courtroom in America the moment the judge strikes his or her gravel.  Three words with which I have become quite familiar during my imprisonment.  While the justice system one held fast to the faith in rehabilitation, tough on crime political agendas intersected with the wasting winds [...]

From The Private Library

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His Orangeness. from The Working Cats of New York City

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