Raymond Williams, PhDinBallasts for the MindReview: Three Biographies on Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston: A Literary Biography; Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston; and Zora and Langston: A Story of Friendship…Aug 19Aug 19
Raymond Williams, PhDinBallasts for the MindReview: Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston“Folklore, Hurston said, is the art people create before they find out there is such a thing as art.” -Robert E. Hemenway, Zora Neale…Aug 17Aug 17
Raymond Williams, PhDinBallasts for the MindWhen Pauli Met JamesThe relationship of two Black icons.Apr 7Apr 7
Raymond Williams, PhDinBallasts for the MindHistory says Oppenheimer is likely to win Best Picture at the 2024 OscarsA statistical analysis of historical dataMar 91Mar 91
Raymond Williams, PhDinBallasts for the MindMy Monthly Blurb, TinyLetter Archive (2017–2023)Across five years, from 2017 to 2020 and 2023, I wrote and maintained a TinyLetter blog called My Monthly Blurb for 20 subscribers. The…Feb 21Feb 21
Raymond Williams, PhDinBallasts for the Mind29 Days of Wisdom for Black History Month 2024Below you will find one piece of wisdom for you to reflect on each day in February from a notable person of African descent. This…Feb 1Feb 1
Raymond Williams, PhDinBallasts for the MindMy Years Reading Zora Neale HurstonA reflectionJan 8Jan 8
Raymond Williams, PhDinBallasts for the MindMy 13 Favorite Zora Neale Hurston QuotesThe following 13 quotes by Zora Neale Hurston resonated with me at some point over the last seven years that I wrote them in my commonplace…Jan 7Jan 7
Raymond Williams, PhDinBallasts for the MindBack In Their WorldAfter Howard Ashman & Alan Menken’s “Part of Your World”; Inspired by Zora Neale Hurston’s Mules and Men (1935)Oct 8, 20231Oct 8, 20231
