Notes from the New World | Oriana Koren

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How To Cure A Ghost

By Fariha Róisín

An exploration of all the ghosts that haunt me. I’m working through it as an act of healing.

I've been reading Fariha's work since we became Tumblr mutuals many moons ago

- Oriana Koren

What It Is I Think I'm Doing

By Kaitlyn Greenidge

Cultural criticism at the intersection of pop culture, the archives and Black womanhood

sanctuary of self

By denise chang

stories that emerge from my practice of solo-polyamory, slow and sensual living, and my devotion towards culture change.

Black Film Archive by Maya S. Cade

By Maya Cade

Black Film Archive is a living register of Black films. In its current iteration, it showcases every* Black made film from 1915 to 1979 currently streaming. This newsletter serves as its blog.

Black Film Archive is an absolute dream

- Oriana Koren

Black Life

Black Life's monthly dispatches feature prompts and provocations from co-curators Ryanaustin Dennis and Ruth Gebreyesus.

Something Personal

By Gioncarlo Valentine

A newsletter about my life as a Queer, Black writer and photographer living in New York and writing like it matters.

One of my favorite thinkers, writers & photographers.

- Oriana Koren

close but not quite

By mary retta

essays on pop culture, anti capitalism, and dreams of a better world

Retta's mind is a thing of wonder

- Oriana Koren