Raymond Williams, PhDinBallasts for the MindWhen Pauli Met JamesThe relationship of two Black icons.5 min read·Apr 7, 2024----
Raymond Williams, PhDinBallasts for the MindHistory says Oppenheimer is likely to win Best Picture at the 2024 OscarsA statistical analysis of historical data3 min read·Mar 9, 2024--1--1
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…77 min read·Feb 21, 2024----
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…8 min read·Feb 1, 2024----
Raymond Williams, PhDinBallasts for the MindMy Years Reading Zora Neale HurstonA reflection6 min read·Jan 8, 2024----
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…3 min read·Jan 7, 2024----
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)2 min read·Oct 8, 2023--1--1
Raymond Williams, PhDinBallasts for the MindWhat I Learned from Reading Zora Neale Hurston’s ObituariesZora Neale Hurston died penniless and in obscurity in a county welfare home in Fort Pierce, FL from hypertensive heart disease on January…3 min read·Sep 1, 2023--1--1
Raymond Williams, PhDinBallasts for the MindThe Zora Challenge SyllabusA collection of books, articles, films, podcasts, and more by and about Zora Neale Hurston42 min read·Mar 26, 2023----
Raymond Williams, PhDinBallasts for the MindWhy the film Everything Everywhere All at Once should win Best Picture at the 2023 OscarsA statistical analysis of historical data4 min read·Mar 11, 2023--2--2