“When Samuel L. Jackson discovered his Lineage in Gabon" by Bill Marable
FEBRUARY 2025
When Samuel L. Jackson discovered his Lineage in Gabon
“…. It’s a deep thing to find out that you belong somewhere.”
Roots
Dirt
Black
Time
Roots
Drums
Feted
Tribe
Roots
That you belong somewhere, is a deep thing to find out.
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12/16/2024
Bill Marable is the president of the Griot Collective of West Tennessee, a poetry workshop in his hometown of Jackson, Tennessee. A recipient of the esteemed Jackson Arts Council’s Creative Support Grant, his work has appeared in The Coffee House Letters (Lambuth College), The Skinny Poetry Anthology (Cherry Castle Publishing), and most recently, The Pierian Literary Journal (Albany State University). In addition, he has amassed a number of “Honorable Mentions” in poetry contests locally, as well as on the national level: the 2019 Nubianpoets.com National Poetry Month Contest, Jackson State Community College's Spilled Ink: 2022 Edition, and several appearances in the Detroit Writers’ Guild, among other notable achievements
