i augustus durham
@imeanswhatisays.bsky.social
Stay Black and Die: On Melancholy and Genius | https://www.dukeupress.edu/stay-black-and-die
Some lessons are better learned than taught.
-Maxine Foster-Durham
Some lessons are better learned than taught.
-Maxine Foster-Durham
I am pleased to share a few upcoming events:
Sunday, November 2, 2025, I will moderate an author panel at Toronto International Festival of Authors with authors Souvankham Thammavongsa & Ian Williams.
Then on November 3, 2025, my American Literature survey, Kind of Blue, will host Sampada Aranke.
Sunday, November 2, 2025, I will moderate an author panel at Toronto International Festival of Authors with authors Souvankham Thammavongsa & Ian Williams.
Then on November 3, 2025, my American Literature survey, Kind of Blue, will host Sampada Aranke.
October 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I am pleased to share a few upcoming events:
Sunday, November 2, 2025, I will moderate an author panel at Toronto International Festival of Authors with authors Souvankham Thammavongsa & Ian Williams.
Then on November 3, 2025, my American Literature survey, Kind of Blue, will host Sampada Aranke.
Sunday, November 2, 2025, I will moderate an author panel at Toronto International Festival of Authors with authors Souvankham Thammavongsa & Ian Williams.
Then on November 3, 2025, my American Literature survey, Kind of Blue, will host Sampada Aranke.
My fourth-year seminar, Minor Morrison, will host @kinohi.bsky.social this Monday for his lecture:
What Comes Before the Haunting?: Toni Morrison’s Late Style in A Mercy.
Check the Qualtrics link👇🏾 to register. (And apologies for the late arrival of this announcement due to the holiday.)
What Comes Before the Haunting?: Toni Morrison’s Late Style in A Mercy.
Check the Qualtrics link👇🏾 to register. (And apologies for the late arrival of this announcement due to the holiday.)
October 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
My fourth-year seminar, Minor Morrison, will host @kinohi.bsky.social this Monday for his lecture:
What Comes Before the Haunting?: Toni Morrison’s Late Style in A Mercy.
Check the Qualtrics link👇🏾 to register. (And apologies for the late arrival of this announcement due to the holiday.)
What Comes Before the Haunting?: Toni Morrison’s Late Style in A Mercy.
Check the Qualtrics link👇🏾 to register. (And apologies for the late arrival of this announcement due to the holiday.)
If you are in or around Toronto next Wednesday, October 15, 2025, from 12-2p, you are invited to attend an important upcoming event at the Centre for the Study of the United States.
October 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you are in or around Toronto next Wednesday, October 15, 2025, from 12-2p, you are invited to attend an important upcoming event at the Centre for the Study of the United States.
This Monday, October 6, 2025 at 3p, I am pleased to host Shaun Myers, Assistant Professor of English at University of Pittsburgh, for her lecture “Re-reading ‘Recitatif’ Through the Archive.” This lecture coincides with the seminar Minor Morrison in the Department of English, University of Toronto.
October 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This Monday, October 6, 2025 at 3p, I am pleased to host Shaun Myers, Assistant Professor of English at University of Pittsburgh, for her lecture “Re-reading ‘Recitatif’ Through the Archive.” This lecture coincides with the seminar Minor Morrison in the Department of English, University of Toronto.
And then to top it off, seeing Grace Jones, on tour with Janelle Monáe, ended my return to the DMV!
More soon . . .
More soon . . .
September 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
And then to top it off, seeing Grace Jones, on tour with Janelle Monáe, ended my return to the DMV!
More soon . . .
More soon . . .
youtu.be/v0WARZCrb-c
blogs.loc.gov/music/2025/0...
H/t to @dcsuburbanite.bsky.social for publicizing the event.
blogs.loc.gov/music/2025/0...
H/t to @dcsuburbanite.bsky.social for publicizing the event.
September 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
youtu.be/v0WARZCrb-c
blogs.loc.gov/music/2025/0...
H/t to @dcsuburbanite.bsky.social for publicizing the event.
blogs.loc.gov/music/2025/0...
H/t to @dcsuburbanite.bsky.social for publicizing the event.
#latepost
Gratitude for presenting on Marvin Gaye, from #StayBlackandDie (@dukepress.bsky.social), at the Library of Congress for Black Music Month. Being invited to a space that hosted Toni Morrison and others gave me wings!
Check👇🏾 for links to my lecture and Library blog interview + more photos:
Gratitude for presenting on Marvin Gaye, from #StayBlackandDie (@dukepress.bsky.social), at the Library of Congress for Black Music Month. Being invited to a space that hosted Toni Morrison and others gave me wings!
Check👇🏾 for links to my lecture and Library blog interview + more photos:
September 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
#latepost
Gratitude for presenting on Marvin Gaye, from #StayBlackandDie (@dukepress.bsky.social), at the Library of Congress for Black Music Month. Being invited to a space that hosted Toni Morrison and others gave me wings!
Check👇🏾 for links to my lecture and Library blog interview + more photos:
Gratitude for presenting on Marvin Gaye, from #StayBlackandDie (@dukepress.bsky.social), at the Library of Congress for Black Music Month. Being invited to a space that hosted Toni Morrison and others gave me wings!
Check👇🏾 for links to my lecture and Library blog interview + more photos:
Tonight with DJ B-Sharp!
And there may still be spots to RSVP so check the link:
www.eventbrite.com/e/a2b-vinyl-...
See you then!
And there may still be spots to RSVP so check the link:
www.eventbrite.com/e/a2b-vinyl-...
See you then!
August 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Tonight with DJ B-Sharp!
And there may still be spots to RSVP so check the link:
www.eventbrite.com/e/a2b-vinyl-...
See you then!
And there may still be spots to RSVP so check the link:
www.eventbrite.com/e/a2b-vinyl-...
See you then!
Then Thursday August 21 @ 8p, I and DJ B-Sharp will commemorate the 25th anniversary of e. badu’s Mama’s Gun with a public listening session + discussion.
Both events will be at The Eaton with the aid of @mahoganybooks.bsky.social (8/20) and Chuck Levin’s (8/21).
www.eventbrite.com/e/a2b-vinyl-...
Both events will be at The Eaton with the aid of @mahoganybooks.bsky.social (8/20) and Chuck Levin’s (8/21).
www.eventbrite.com/e/a2b-vinyl-...
August 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Then Thursday August 21 @ 8p, I and DJ B-Sharp will commemorate the 25th anniversary of e. badu’s Mama’s Gun with a public listening session + discussion.
Both events will be at The Eaton with the aid of @mahoganybooks.bsky.social (8/20) and Chuck Levin’s (8/21).
www.eventbrite.com/e/a2b-vinyl-...
Both events will be at The Eaton with the aid of @mahoganybooks.bsky.social (8/20) and Chuck Levin’s (8/21).
www.eventbrite.com/e/a2b-vinyl-...
For Black August, I am elated to share a two-day collaboration—h/t Aryn Bussey and Nina Ligon—with The Eaton DC:
Wednesday, August 20 @ 7p, I and @jenishawo.bsky.social, Senior Editor at The Atlantic, will converse about #StayBlackandDie (@dukepress.bsky.social).
www.eventbrite.com/e/stay-black...
Wednesday, August 20 @ 7p, I and @jenishawo.bsky.social, Senior Editor at The Atlantic, will converse about #StayBlackandDie (@dukepress.bsky.social).
www.eventbrite.com/e/stay-black...
August 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
For Black August, I am elated to share a two-day collaboration—h/t Aryn Bussey and Nina Ligon—with The Eaton DC:
Wednesday, August 20 @ 7p, I and @jenishawo.bsky.social, Senior Editor at The Atlantic, will converse about #StayBlackandDie (@dukepress.bsky.social).
www.eventbrite.com/e/stay-black...
Wednesday, August 20 @ 7p, I and @jenishawo.bsky.social, Senior Editor at The Atlantic, will converse about #StayBlackandDie (@dukepress.bsky.social).
www.eventbrite.com/e/stay-black...
Images from the event:
August 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Images from the event:
🎶 Join us on May 28 @ 7p for “Meditation is a Must”
Our inaugural session explores Kendrick Lamar’s “How Much a Dollar Cost” through Audio/Musica Divina. I. Augustus Durham (@dukepress.bsky.social) will offer insights to deepen our reflection.
Register👇🏾:
spiritualimagination.org/events/meditat…
Our inaugural session explores Kendrick Lamar’s “How Much a Dollar Cost” through Audio/Musica Divina. I. Augustus Durham (@dukepress.bsky.social) will offer insights to deepen our reflection.
Register👇🏾:
spiritualimagination.org/events/meditat…
May 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🎶 Join us on May 28 @ 7p for “Meditation is a Must”
Our inaugural session explores Kendrick Lamar’s “How Much a Dollar Cost” through Audio/Musica Divina. I. Augustus Durham (@dukepress.bsky.social) will offer insights to deepen our reflection.
Register👇🏾:
spiritualimagination.org/events/meditat…
Our inaugural session explores Kendrick Lamar’s “How Much a Dollar Cost” through Audio/Musica Divina. I. Augustus Durham (@dukepress.bsky.social) will offer insights to deepen our reflection.
Register👇🏾:
spiritualimagination.org/events/meditat…
If you can, see it as Coogler has prescribed.
Also: Let the right one in . . .
Also: Let the right one in . . .
April 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
If you can, see it as Coogler has prescribed.
Also: Let the right one in . . .
Also: Let the right one in . . .
Next week!
Register at the QR code or here if there’s still availability:
tisch.nyu.edu/cinema-studi...
In an effort to keep things fresh as spring is here, or approaches 🤔, I will be presenting some new work.
Register at the QR code or here if there’s still availability:
tisch.nyu.edu/cinema-studi...
In an effort to keep things fresh as spring is here, or approaches 🤔, I will be presenting some new work.
April 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Next week!
Register at the QR code or here if there’s still availability:
tisch.nyu.edu/cinema-studi...
In an effort to keep things fresh as spring is here, or approaches 🤔, I will be presenting some new work.
Register at the QR code or here if there’s still availability:
tisch.nyu.edu/cinema-studi...
In an effort to keep things fresh as spring is here, or approaches 🤔, I will be presenting some new work.
If you are in or around NY on April 25, come through to this daylong symposium at NYU where I will be presenting work—maybe something new!—alongside a panel of fellow thinkers.
I will share further details as they emerge. 👍🏾
I will share further details as they emerge. 👍🏾
April 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
If you are in or around NY on April 25, come through to this daylong symposium at NYU where I will be presenting work—maybe something new!—alongside a panel of fellow thinkers.
I will share further details as they emerge. 👍🏾
I will share further details as they emerge. 👍🏾
And for my next trick—
Be Real Black for Me: About the Matter of Roberta Flack.
Under contract with @dukepress.bsky.social
How it is going vs how it continued vs how it started
You have to understand it feels like I have been writing with and against time . . .
This is a project that has been
Be Real Black for Me: About the Matter of Roberta Flack.
Under contract with @dukepress.bsky.social
How it is going vs how it continued vs how it started
You have to understand it feels like I have been writing with and against time . . .
This is a project that has been
March 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
And for my next trick—
Be Real Black for Me: About the Matter of Roberta Flack.
Under contract with @dukepress.bsky.social
How it is going vs how it continued vs how it started
You have to understand it feels like I have been writing with and against time . . .
This is a project that has been
Be Real Black for Me: About the Matter of Roberta Flack.
Under contract with @dukepress.bsky.social
How it is going vs how it continued vs how it started
You have to understand it feels like I have been writing with and against time . . .
This is a project that has been
A decade later and it still does work for me. #ToPimpaButterfly
March 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
A decade later and it still does work for me. #ToPimpaButterfly
February has come and gone but some events of note:
*I was a guest of the High Table at Massey College as a new black faculty member at Toronto.
*My interview for Arts & Sciences at UofT to discuss my arrival and #StayBlackandDie (@dukepress.bsky.social)
www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/i-augus...
*I was a guest of the High Table at Massey College as a new black faculty member at Toronto.
*My interview for Arts & Sciences at UofT to discuss my arrival and #StayBlackandDie (@dukepress.bsky.social)
www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/i-augus...
February 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
February has come and gone but some events of note:
*I was a guest of the High Table at Massey College as a new black faculty member at Toronto.
*My interview for Arts & Sciences at UofT to discuss my arrival and #StayBlackandDie (@dukepress.bsky.social)
www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/i-augus...
*I was a guest of the High Table at Massey College as a new black faculty member at Toronto.
*My interview for Arts & Sciences at UofT to discuss my arrival and #StayBlackandDie (@dukepress.bsky.social)
www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/i-augus...
Rest well.
*cues up “Hey That’s No Way to Say Goodbye”*
*cues up “Hey That’s No Way to Say Goodbye”*
February 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Rest well.
*cues up “Hey That’s No Way to Say Goodbye”*
*cues up “Hey That’s No Way to Say Goodbye”*
Today.
After many dangers, toils, and snares, I made it to AZ so come through!
grassrootzbookstore.com
@dukepress.bsky.social
After many dangers, toils, and snares, I made it to AZ so come through!
grassrootzbookstore.com
@dukepress.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Today.
After many dangers, toils, and snares, I made it to AZ so come through!
grassrootzbookstore.com
@dukepress.bsky.social
After many dangers, toils, and snares, I made it to AZ so come through!
grassrootzbookstore.com
@dukepress.bsky.social
Last week, I (@dukepress.bsky.social) and Erica Cardwell (@feministpress.bsky.social) were treated most hospitably by @anotherstoryto.bsky.social. We had a fantastic conversation about maternal grieving, black art, the craft of writing, and process—here’s to another joint event for our next books! 🫶🏾
February 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Last week, I (@dukepress.bsky.social) and Erica Cardwell (@feministpress.bsky.social) were treated most hospitably by @anotherstoryto.bsky.social. We had a fantastic conversation about maternal grieving, black art, the craft of writing, and process—here’s to another joint event for our next books! 🫶🏾
If you are in Phoenix, AZ next Friday at 5p MST, come through Grassrootz Books and Juice Bar (grassrootzbookstore.com) as I and Aaron Mallory of Arizona State dialogue about #StayBlackandDie (@dukepress.bsky.social).
Let the occasion be the perfect matinee for your Valentine’s dinner reservation. 😉
Let the occasion be the perfect matinee for your Valentine’s dinner reservation. 😉
February 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If you are in Phoenix, AZ next Friday at 5p MST, come through Grassrootz Books and Juice Bar (grassrootzbookstore.com) as I and Aaron Mallory of Arizona State dialogue about #StayBlackandDie (@dukepress.bsky.social).
Let the occasion be the perfect matinee for your Valentine’s dinner reservation. 😉
Let the occasion be the perfect matinee for your Valentine’s dinner reservation. 😉
I am grateful to have moderated Historically Speaking on the occasion of Ida B. Wells minting on the quarter; crafting and asking questions ranging from Wells as historical figure to the ambivalence around black women on currency, I count our discussion wide-ranging:
www.youtube.com/live/zltD6EO...
www.youtube.com/live/zltD6EO...
February 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I am grateful to have moderated Historically Speaking on the occasion of Ida B. Wells minting on the quarter; crafting and asking questions ranging from Wells as historical figure to the ambivalence around black women on currency, I count our discussion wide-ranging:
www.youtube.com/live/zltD6EO...
www.youtube.com/live/zltD6EO...