by Shawn Dove | Jan 21, 2022 | #ThankYouThursday
During my college days at Wesleyan, I was blessed with the opportunity and challenge of serving as the editor of Expression, an annual poetry magazine that showcased the brilliant words and art of Black and Latinx students which I write about in I Too Am America: On...
by Shawn Dove | Jan 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
The great American writer, poet and philosopher, Maya Angelou, said “there is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.” Her quote resonates deeply with me today on the official release of my book, I Too Am America: On Loving & Leading Black Men...
by Shawn Dove | Dec 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
As we traverse the final days of 2021, so many of us find ourselves standing at the intersection of exhilaration and exhaustion. The past two years have truly been disruptive and heavy with personal, collective loss. For so many of us this is the first Holiday season...
by Shawn Dove | Dec 14, 2021 | #ThankYouThursday
In the introduction of my and Nick Chiles’ forthcoming book, I Too Am America: On Loving and Leading Black Men & Boys, we begin with the following poem I wrote in 1988 which was first featured in a publication called Word, A Poetry in Motion Off-Creations...
by Shawn Dove | Oct 22, 2021 | #ThankYouThursday
I am affirming that holding fast to this weekly #ThankYouThursday tradition of sending at least five gestures of gratitude to folks in my network to let them know how much they are loved and appreciated, is a healing and centering practice. Expressing gratitude is a...
