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Below is an excerpt from Rasheena Fountain's forthcoming book, Starfish Blues: A Memoir . It will be released through Climate Conscious Collabs Press on April 22 and is available for preorder . My daughter on Bainbridge Island, WA on July 1, 2016 Night had turned into day as I arrived at O’Hare Airport. I had arrived four hours early. In the back of my mind, I could hear the “I told you so’s” if anything were to go wrong on the journey. I didn’t want to risk making any mista

Below is an excerpt of Rasheena Fountain's forthcoming book, Starfish Blues: A Memoir . It will be released through Climate Conscious Collabs Press on April 22 and is available for preorder . “The lure of the arctic is tugging at my heart. To me the trail is calling! The old trail, the trail that is always new.” — Matthew Henson, author of A Negro Explorer at the North Pole My grandfather Robert Brookins in his home on the West Side of Chicago I could feel Granddad wanted me

The film also considers the meaning of having the blues, who has them, and what has become of the blues. The inception, need, and...