LOVERULES

A playlist to accompany Hank Willis Thomas: LOVERULESon display Jan. 18-June 21, 2025 at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. 

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"To the Fig Tree on 9th and Christian"
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Gay, Ross. Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015.

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"In the Company of Women"
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Herd, Niki. The Language of Shedding Skin. Charlotte, NC: Main Street Rag Publishing Company, 2010.

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"The High Priestess of Soul's Sunday Morning Visit to the Wall of Respect"
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Parker, Morgan. Magical Negro. Portland, OR: Tin House Books, 2019.

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"The Shadow Knows"
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"You're not fooling me..." 

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Matejka, Adrian. The Big Smoke. New York: Penguin Books, 2013. 

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"Shadow Boxing"
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"Shadow, hard work..."

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Matejka, Adrian. The Big Smoke. New York: Penguin Books, 2013. 

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"The new therapist specializes in trauma counseling..."
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Rankine, Claudia. Citizen: An American Lyric. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2014.

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On women as commodities; selections from "I'm So Fine: A List of Famous Men and What I Had On"
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Queen, Khadijah. I'm So Fine: A List of Famous Men and What I Had On. Alexander, AR: Sibling Rivalry Press, 2013. Web. 23 March 2016.

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"No Homo"
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Kearney, Douglas. "No Homo." SkinMag. N.p.: Deadly Chaps, 2012.

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"lumpectomy eve"
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Clifton, Lucille. Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2000.

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"Grendel"
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Reeves, Roger. Best Barbarian. New York: W.W. Norton, 2022.

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"Shoulders Are For Emergencies Only"
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Giovanni, Nikki. Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea. New York: HarperCollins, 2002.

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"Woman Walking on the Road"
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Hayes, Terrance. Muscular Music. Chicago: Tia Chucha Press, 1999. 

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"BBHMM"
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Clark, Tiana. I Can't Talk About the Trees Without the Blood. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018.

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Ross Gay
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Hannah Ensor
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Niki Herd (left) and Natalie Diaz (right)
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Cybele Knowles
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Morgan Parker
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Patri Hadad
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Adrian Matejka
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Hannah Ensor
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Khadijah Queen
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Hannah Ensor
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No Homo by Douglas Kearney
The poet uses brackets, lines, circles, and distorted text paths to create innovative visual poetry.
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Lucille Clifton
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Christine Krikliwy
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Roger Reeves
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Paola Valenzuela
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Nikki Giovanni
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Christine Krikliwy
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Terrance Hayes
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Hannah Ensor
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Tiana Clark
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Diana Delgado
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