art can be used to express the heights and depths of human possibility.

i am, hereby, citing:

Sunni Patterson’s “We Ain’t Come Here on No Cruise Ship” from her Porch Prophecies album

Zora Howard’s performance at 2006 Urban Word NYC Annual Teen Poetry Slam

Julian Curry’s wow performance on Def Poetry

The amazing-like-no-words-can-describe Saul Williams’ “Coded Language”

Daniel Beaty. Woah. This is a powerhouse of a piece.

“Peculiar Evolution” by Dahlak Brathwaite.