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how does an ocean go extinct? (a prayer in service of unburdened breath and breathing)
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 • Camille Bacon
RECONTAMINATING VISUAL CULTURE: New Bottega and the Betrayal of Black Freedom Dreams
Below, Zoë Hopkins and I embark on an un-redacted and unflinching critique of Bottega Veneta’s 2024 Father’s Day campaign featuring A$AP Rocky and…
56:45
Sula by Toni Morrison: A Syllabus
November, 2023 marked the 50th anniversary of Sula's release. Below, find a living syllabus meant to encourage and support sustained engagement around…
 • Camille Bacon
a morning in martinique, a reliable oscillation
Everything / dead / rises in concert.
 • Camille Bacon
what am i pretending not to know today? (after Toni Cade Bambara, for Ireon Roach)
akee calls blood to abandon its function
 • Camille Bacon
how does an ocean go extinct? (& other almost haikus)
(after Lucille Clifton)
 • Camille Bacon
o' god, make of me always flesh who feels (& other poems)
after frantz fanon last night, i watched a meteorite drag its triumphant body across the sky and felt nothing my final prayer: o’ god, make of me always…
 • Camille Bacon
For Opacity
here you will find musings, reflections & visions, all artfully grounded by a desire to realize worlds that feel more pleasurable for all to inhabit
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