Sasha Ann Panaram
@sashapanaram.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of English at Fordham University | Former Cheryl Wall Postdoctoral Fellow and Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice Postdoctoral Fellow at Rutgers University | African American and Caribbean Literature
“Poetry is ceremony.” — Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo and Tracy K. Smith in conversation with Krista Tippett at Symphony Space
Joy Harjo and Tracy K. Smith in conversation with Krista Tippett at Symphony Space
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
“Poetry is ceremony.” — Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo and Tracy K. Smith in conversation with Krista Tippett at Symphony Space
Joy Harjo and Tracy K. Smith in conversation with Krista Tippett at Symphony Space
The American Studies Association Annual Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico was fantastic. I participated in an ”Author Meets Critics” session for @jessagoldberg.bsky.social book “Abolition Time: Grammars of Law, Poetics of Justice.“ What a gift to be in conversation with such brilliant scholars.
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The American Studies Association Annual Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico was fantastic. I participated in an ”Author Meets Critics” session for @jessagoldberg.bsky.social book “Abolition Time: Grammars of Law, Poetics of Justice.“ What a gift to be in conversation with such brilliant scholars.
I recently participated in the Toni Morrison Symposium @cornelluniversity.bsky.social as part of the “Toni Morrison and the Word Work of Her Nonfiction” panel. Sharing a few photos from the event including a mural of Toni Morrison painted by students from Ithaca High School.
September 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I recently participated in the Toni Morrison Symposium @cornelluniversity.bsky.social as part of the “Toni Morrison and the Word Work of Her Nonfiction” panel. Sharing a few photos from the event including a mural of Toni Morrison painted by students from Ithaca High School.
“I am so busy. So caught up with living.”
At the Full and Change of the Moon, Dionne Brand
At the Full and Change of the Moon, Dionne Brand
August 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
“I am so busy. So caught up with living.”
At the Full and Change of the Moon, Dionne Brand
At the Full and Change of the Moon, Dionne Brand
Had to grab the Canadian version of Dionne Brand’s Salvage while in town. Love the cover!
July 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Had to grab the Canadian version of Dionne Brand’s Salvage while in town. Love the cover!
Amy Sherald: American Sublime at the Whitney Museum
June 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Amy Sherald: American Sublime at the Whitney Museum
Caught a few incredible documentaries at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier in June. First time attending and already can’t wait for next year.
June 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Caught a few incredible documentaries at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier in June. First time attending and already can’t wait for next year.
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June 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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“If you center Black women in your political work and cultural work, then you’re cooking with gas.” — dream hampton @fordfoundation.org
June 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“If you center Black women in your political work and cultural work, then you’re cooking with gas.” — dream hampton @fordfoundation.org
This piece, “Ghost Note,” from the Lorna Simpson: Source Notes exhibit at @metmuseum.org continues to haunt me.
June 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This piece, “Ghost Note,” from the Lorna Simpson: Source Notes exhibit at @metmuseum.org continues to haunt me.
Lorna Simpson: Source Notes @metmuseum.org
June 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Lorna Simpson: Source Notes @metmuseum.org
Reviewed Oneka LaBennett's latest book Global Guyana for @sxsalon.bsky.social. As I write in the review, "LaBennett reminds readers that we cannot tell the history of Guyana without careful attention to its women and girls." Check it out and go get the book!
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May 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Reviewed Oneka LaBennett's latest book Global Guyana for @sxsalon.bsky.social. As I write in the review, "LaBennett reminds readers that we cannot tell the history of Guyana without careful attention to its women and girls." Check it out and go get the book!
smallaxe.net/sxsalon/revi...
smallaxe.net/sxsalon/revi...
“Why not imagine a new radical set of arrangements? Why not imagine more than what seems reasonable?” — Saidiya Hartman @fordham.edu
April 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“Why not imagine a new radical set of arrangements? Why not imagine more than what seems reasonable?” — Saidiya Hartman @fordham.edu
"The task of the writer, of a writer like me, whether of fiction or non-fiction, or of casual or bureaucratic texts, is to narrate our own consciousnesses, to retrieve a life in the register of the social and the political..." -- Dionne Brand, Salvage: Readings from the Wreck
April 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"The task of the writer, of a writer like me, whether of fiction or non-fiction, or of casual or bureaucratic texts, is to narrate our own consciousnesses, to retrieve a life in the register of the social and the political..." -- Dionne Brand, Salvage: Readings from the Wreck
TONIGHT!
Looking forward to this event with choreographer, dancer, artist, and activist nia love on Monday, March 10 at 6:30 pm at 15 Seminary Pl. Room 4225 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Register for your free seat: go.rutgers.edu/Nia-Love
Looking forward to this event with choreographer, dancer, artist, and activist nia love on Monday, March 10 at 6:30 pm at 15 Seminary Pl. Room 4225 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Register for your free seat: go.rutgers.edu/Nia-Love
March 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
TONIGHT!
Looking forward to this event with choreographer, dancer, artist, and activist nia love on Monday, March 10 at 6:30 pm at 15 Seminary Pl. Room 4225 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Register for your free seat: go.rutgers.edu/Nia-Love
Looking forward to this event with choreographer, dancer, artist, and activist nia love on Monday, March 10 at 6:30 pm at 15 Seminary Pl. Room 4225 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Register for your free seat: go.rutgers.edu/Nia-Love
Looking forward to this event with choreographer, dancer, artist, and activist nia love on Monday, March 10 at 6:30 pm at 15 Seminary Pl. Room 4225 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Register for your free seat: go.rutgers.edu/Nia-Love
Register for your free seat: go.rutgers.edu/Nia-Love
March 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Looking forward to this event with choreographer, dancer, artist, and activist nia love on Monday, March 10 at 6:30 pm at 15 Seminary Pl. Room 4225 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Register for your free seat: go.rutgers.edu/Nia-Love
Register for your free seat: go.rutgers.edu/Nia-Love
Great event the NYPL last night with @imaniperry.bsky.social and
@allofitwnyc.bsky.social about ‘Black in Blues.’ Loved the performance by Bilal and esperanza spalding.
Still thinking about this particular thing Dr. Perry said: “I wanted to write a book that wasn’t an argument but a journey.”
@allofitwnyc.bsky.social about ‘Black in Blues.’ Loved the performance by Bilal and esperanza spalding.
Still thinking about this particular thing Dr. Perry said: “I wanted to write a book that wasn’t an argument but a journey.”
February 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Great event the NYPL last night with @imaniperry.bsky.social and
@allofitwnyc.bsky.social about ‘Black in Blues.’ Loved the performance by Bilal and esperanza spalding.
Still thinking about this particular thing Dr. Perry said: “I wanted to write a book that wasn’t an argument but a journey.”
@allofitwnyc.bsky.social about ‘Black in Blues.’ Loved the performance by Bilal and esperanza spalding.
Still thinking about this particular thing Dr. Perry said: “I wanted to write a book that wasn’t an argument but a journey.”
This year, especially the last half, was filled with a lot of good literature, poetry, and music. Dionne Brand. Edwidge Danticat. Saidiya Hartman. m. nourbeSe philip. Safiya Sinclair. Kevin Jared Hosein. Hanif Abdurraqib. JJJJJerome Ellis. James McBride. Let’s see what 2025 has in store!
December 19, 2024 at 11:47 PM
This year, especially the last half, was filled with a lot of good literature, poetry, and music. Dionne Brand. Edwidge Danticat. Saidiya Hartman. m. nourbeSe philip. Safiya Sinclair. Kevin Jared Hosein. Hanif Abdurraqib. JJJJJerome Ellis. James McBride. Let’s see what 2025 has in store!
A favorite book of mine by Nikki Giovanni published in her later years. I once had this book faced out on my bookcase in my office. Will never forget when a student came for office hours and asked “who is that radiant woman?” Radiant indeed. May she rest in peace.
December 10, 2024 at 3:38 AM
A favorite book of mine by Nikki Giovanni published in her later years. I once had this book faced out on my bookcase in my office. Will never forget when a student came for office hours and asked “who is that radiant woman?” Radiant indeed. May she rest in peace.
Really appreciated hearing JJJJJerome Ellis read from and describe the process of writing his latest collection of poetry Aster of Ceremony at the Zimmerli Art Museum. Loved learning about how m. nourbeSe philip influenced his writing.
November 22, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Really appreciated hearing JJJJJerome Ellis read from and describe the process of writing his latest collection of poetry Aster of Ceremony at the Zimmerli Art Museum. Loved learning about how m. nourbeSe philip influenced his writing.
Started the week on Monday by attending a screening of "A Place of Rage," which was shown as part of "I Guess It Was My Destiny To Live So Long" curated by Hanif Abdurraqib at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Monday seems like a lifetime ago. Glad to have started the week with June Jordan's poetry.
November 8, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Started the week on Monday by attending a screening of "A Place of Rage," which was shown as part of "I Guess It Was My Destiny To Live So Long" curated by Hanif Abdurraqib at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Monday seems like a lifetime ago. Glad to have started the week with June Jordan's poetry.
Great night of Caribbean literature at the British Library last week Friday. Loved listening to Safiya Sinclair and Kevin Jared Hosein. Thank you Bocas Lit Festival for organizing this event!
October 15, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Great night of Caribbean literature at the British Library last week Friday. Loved listening to Safiya Sinclair and Kevin Jared Hosein. Thank you Bocas Lit Festival for organizing this event!