“I put my hand on a bishop, my would be assassin, and thought of my father's heights when he won, how he galloped around. The depths of his despair at losing, I expected, would be equal to the peaks. He'd… — Rion Amilcar Scott Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry. It feels like the moment calls for some humor. You're ranting and dressed like Elmo. The Cookie Monster. Whatever, Rashid” — Rion Amilcar Scott Copy Share Image
“Walter noticed the blue Cookie Monster head resting on the floor, From some angles, the smiling open mouth looked like an expression of abashed… — Rion Amilcar Scott Copy Share Image
“How we diminished her and in turn ourselves. Turned parts of her body into heavy burdens to carry. Watching. Tittering (we no longer laughed,… — Rion Amilcar Scott Copy Share Image
“When I started at Freedman’s, during orientation, a speaker who was an alumna and board member talked of sitting in economics class next to… — Rion Amilcar Scott Copy Share Image
“I put my hand on a bishop, my would be assassin, and thought of my father's heights when he won, how he galloped around.… — Rion Amilcar Scott Copy Share Image
“The Hottentot Venus was well known in her time and even after. In the 1939 cinematic version of The Wizard of Oz, Bert Lahr… — Rion Amilcar Scott Copy Share Image
