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• Colossal Cranium. (2018, Oct 16). Are Black Cats REALLY Bad Luck? | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS [Video]. Youtube. https://youtu.be/DmNR_rX1cvY?si=VSh0o1EK2kaHdSWU
• The Curious Cat. (2024, Sept 11). 9 SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT BLACK CATS! 🐈‍⬛🔥 (I Bet You Don’t Know Them All!) [Video]. Youtube. https://youtu.be/vqd0MVJ1d9Q?si=-Yrhgag-Ijph5KwE
• “Dark Deeds.” Nevada Journal, Volume 4, Number 49, 6 April 1855. Courtesy of the California Digital Newspaper Collection, Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=NJNC18550406.2.1
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References:
Performative male collage image by Liz Coulbourn for Them: https://www.them.us/performative-male-trend-heteropessimism
Imani Barbarin video: https://x.com/Imani_Barbarin/status/1936620850167587229
Kaminsky Interview with CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/02/world/ukraine-ilya-kaminsky-poem-we-lived-happily-cec
Kent State “Armed With Our Voices” Exhibit: https://armedwithourvoices.org/
Entry into the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/poetry-180/all-poems/item/poetry-180-136/we-lived-happily-during-the-war/
George Abraham, “On the Eve of Yet Another Nabka, A Dream”: https://scalawagmagazine.org/2024/09/on-the-eve-of-yet-another-nakba-a-dream/
George Abraham, Birthright: https://buttonpoetry.com/product/birthright/
George Abraham and Noor Hindi, eds., Heaven Looks Like Us (ALL PROCEEDS THROUGH THIS LINK GO TO THE SAMEER PROJECT IN GAZA): https://open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/collections/workshops-4-gaza-bookstore/products/05-13-25-abraham-george-noor-hindi-eds-heaven-looks-like-us-palestinian-poetry-copy