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The desk where it happens. Black Lightning mousepad; some of VOTE NYC pens from all the times I’ve voted over the past few years; bobblehead me as Superman, James Baldwin plush doll; James Baldwin painting by my friend Arlene Vargas; rose from my mother’s casket splay; Xango. the Orisha of lightning, dance, masculinity, vengeance, justice, and victory, with his double-headed axe; Thoth, the Egyptian god of the moon, writing, magic, and wisdom; sombrero pin from Panama, mini Xango; Wonder Woman bobblehead; deck of “To the Black man who need to hear this today” cards.

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