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Tears From The Pen: Speech at 2nd Night of Kwanzaa At Otisville Correctional Facility- Decemver 27, 2008
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Tears From The Pen. Wednesday, January 14, 2009. Speech at 2nd Night of Kwanzaa At Otisville Correctional Facility- Decemver 27, 2008. I think the first time I paid any attention to him on the television or gave a listening ear to the conversation about him was on 98.7 KISS FM’s “Open Line” radio talk show in early March. Then came the slew of categorizations:. The definitions attributed to this man were given by Blacks, Whites, Latinos, Asians; by the poor, by the rich, by the free, by the incarcerated.
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Brooklyn's Political Prisoners: July 2011
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Sunday, July 24, 2011. Blacks vs. Jews. My thoughts are that we only "tolerate each other" but we don't really co-exist. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Young Scholars: The Prison Letters. Otisville and Vassar: Bridging The Gap. Tears From The Pen. Contact Info / About Marlon. View my complete profile.
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Brooklyn's Political Prisoners: November 2008
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Sex, Porn, Pedophilia, and Politics as Usual in New York's Capital. Several months ago the public was appalled and ashamed of the man crowned "the sheriff of Wall St.", former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer. His involvement in a prostitution ring disgraced the office of governor in New York State. His accelerated fall from grace into political abyss was not the anomaly of debauchery in Albany's political fraternity of perversion. Is this his idea of public service? George C...
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Brooklyn's Political Prisoners: January 2013
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Sunday, January 27, 2013. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Young Scholars: The Prison Letters. Otisville and Vassar: Bridging The Gap. Tears From The Pen. Contact Info / About Marlon. View my complete profile.
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Brooklyn's Political Prisoners: January 2014
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Monday, January 13, 2014. The Complexities of Forgiveness. 8220;50, ya’ll”. Those are the words—a number separated by a contraction, of my comrade, Esther Armah. As this stalwart of journalism, known for the radical concept of Emotional Justice, celebrated her fiftieth birthday, with that declaratory Facebook post along with beautiful selfies, that prove that black don’t crack. I sit in a bagel shop where memories of hate and pain reside—by others towards me. Gentrification, the term used in politically ...
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Brooklyn's Political Prisoners: March 2013
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Monday, March 25, 2013. Just some ish I wrote about gun violence.gentrification, and stop and frisk, and prison, and being from Crown Heights. But, then I was released 10 years, two months, and seven days later. My ride home was nothing like I never imagined. Somehow I never thought about the first day, the ride home. I just thought about leaving prison, never about entering Brooklyn again. Does that make sense? 8220;Excuse me,” ever so politely the cop said as he approached me. Building. My big sis,...
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Pens From The Pen: September 2008
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Pens From The Pen. Alternative Media From Where You Would Least Expect It. Tuesday, September 16, 2008. Welcome to Pens From The Pen. Click on the links to the right of the page to explore, and welcome to Pens from the Pen: Alternative Media From Where You Would Least Expect It! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Contact Info / About Marlon. Young Scholars: The Prison Letters. Tears From The Pen. Otisville and Vassar: Bridging The Gap. Welcome to Pens From The Pen. View my complete profile.
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Pens frm the Pen: 19 Months later
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Pens frm the Pen. Sunday, July 24, 2011. Life happens so brlliantly fast. As I look back on the past 1 1/2 year, I feel a measure of accomplishment. Yet, along with that good feeling there remains feelings of guilt and thoughts of, " am I peaking too fast? Am I forgetting about the people behind me? How traumatized am I by those 10 years? I was published in an anthology and participated in abook signing/panel discussion where I signed autographs. Can you believe it! Which is why I will write more.
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Brooklyn's Political Prisoners: October 2008
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Monday, October 20, 2008. Sometimes I wonder if the change that I envision for this country is attainable. You see, the change I propose is cultural, fundamental, institutional, structural- radical. As radical as Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, as radical as Kennedy's 1962 prediction of moon exploration. I am impelled to quote an excerpt from a speech he made at Rice University in 1962:. I wonder if those whose bedrock of stability was shattered by this vulnerability of our nation on 9/11 because o...
