A Home Accident
…versifying an apology! There is, also, a wailing on the inside,a weight that colors the grief over us:at springtime when birds nestle amidst us, circling the backyard with dead twigsand dry grass in slender beaks softenedwith desire for the unborn, the tokens ofa bespoken future. It is a trauma to bethe killjoy to new beginnings,…
My Unpackable Library: AI Erasures and the African Archive
Text of Keynote Remarks delivered at the Africana Librarians Council’s 2026 spring meeting on April 16, 2026. About a year ago, Kodjo and I sat somewhere in Accra with Brian Rosenblum and the KU Dean of Libraries Carol Smith. I think the discussion was something about the similar challenges of library work we had observed in Ghana. As the only non-librarian in the midst, I was happy to listen, making observations that, in fact,…
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