Roger Bonair-Agard

@rogerbonair

Trinidadian, writer, shit-talker. tarnish&masquerade (Cypher Books 2006), GULLY (Cypher Books/Peepal Tree Press 2010) Bury My Clothes (Haymarket Books 2013)

Chicago
Joined May 2009
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  1. 8h

    Before all of us. Baldwin was a prophet, and his work is prophetic

    Baldwin got truth before all of us and said it loud
    5 retweets 18 likes
  2. 8h Chicago, IL

    Absolutely. understood the nature of our continued colonization

    I really think was clear about this so he launched the
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  3. 8h Chicago, IL

    There you have it

    we are still property!
    2 likes
  4. 9h

    They have the green light RT : Exactly RT Because there aren't any

    Wow, they are really killing us without any fear of the repercussions
    3 retweets 4 likes
  5. 10h Chicago, IL

    Boom. There it is.

    how you gonna tell a world-class athlete he's ungrateful for ONLY staying 8 years in OKLAHOMA CITY? dont even form the words in your mouth.
    2 likes
  6. 20h

    . on Art, Activism, and Raising a Free Black Girl with :

    36 retweets 32 likes
  7. 16h

    If the Cavs somehow pulled off the D.Wade deal, this would be the greatest few weeks in Twitter sports history. The internet will explode.

    3 retweets 2 likes
  8. 10h Chicago, IL

    Holler at me

    Chicago, I'm heading your way! — Chicagoan clients and friends! I will be in Chicago fr...
  9. 13h

    I'm not convinced Donald Trump can speak directly and coherently about any topic for more than 4 or 5 sentences.

    655 retweets 1,109 likes
  10. 21h

    Congratulations to Rachel Eliza Griffiths and Reginald Dwayne Betts, both finalists in poetry for the Wheatley Book Award!

    9 retweets 27 likes
  11. 24h

    when you're racist and think your white skin owns everything

    80,118 retweets 93,091 likes
  12. 13h

    This is also North Carolina. A state of heroic activists who aren't getting enough national attention.

    3 retweets 4 likes
  13. 11h

    So Trump praises Saddam Hussein. Next he will tongue dart the bloated corpse of bin laden while Newt bends over to reenact Human Centipede.

    56 retweets 155 likes
  14. 10h

    Driving across the US right now. Here's the thing: it has so many problems, but it is so amazing. Every mile is a revelation.

    4 retweets 44 likes
  15. 10h

    The Storyteller: At 85, Her Star Still Rising, Faith Ringgold Looks Back on Her Life in Art, Activism, and Education

    12 retweets 10 likes
  16. 18h

    Absolutely stunning review of 's OLIO () via

    13 retweets 17 likes
  17. 18h

    THIS

    It's always interesting hearing about "Violence in Chicago" from folks who don't live here, work here, or even come here for that matter
    6 retweets 2 likes
  18. 21h Chicago, IL

    He talked abt how long FBI checks take & what they miss because of record access.

    Following the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, people rushed out to buy more guns:
  19. 21h Chicago, IL

    Spoke to a gun enthusiast in MI this past week. He was adamantly for local AND federal level background checks

    Following the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, people rushed out to buy more guns:

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