I Sought Solace In My Bookshelf

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Amidst protests against police brutality, Daniel José Older returns to a favorite novel and explores the misreading of rage. View this image › Justine Zwiebel / BuzzFeed Two weeks ago, marching through the streets with a thousand other people, our open hands raised to the nighttime skyscrapers, I thought of Oscar Wao. Across the country, […]

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George Zimmerman’s latest painting puts prosecutor in harsh spotlight

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http://twitter.com/#!/TherealGeorgeZ/status/425800373681799168 George Zimmerman, who recently sold a painting for $100,000 on EBay, has posted his second painting on Twitter through his brother. His subject: Angela Corey, the Florida prosecutor who charged Zimmerman with second-degree murder in the 2012 death of Trayvon Martin. http://twitter.com/#!/rzimmermanjr/status/426119960222777344 The painting is patterned after an Associated Press photo depicting the moment at which […]

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