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Author: W.D. Herstun
Editor-in-Chief. Curator. Dreamer. I want to bring people together, one story at a time. Sometimes, we all just need a little perspective. The arts & humanities can help us regain humanity and change the world. Believe that. Achieve that.
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Alpha Lyrae means the brightest star. I love that the first word is alpha and it is associated with masculinity because that is what this album is about. Squallé has laid out some of the things he deals with as a man. Maybe that is what all rap is about but particularly this album. He […]
Everyone loves Jeremiah… He’s so innocent and pure. Friendly. And different. Depending on what you see. Just know that, everyone loves Jeremiah. Maybe his purity is designed to teach us humility. His character is judgement free. How could you not love Jeremiah? I would give anything to see the world through his eyes. Experience his […]
Seven summits on seven continents. Climing mountains is certainly something to celebrate. If a mountaineer manages to climb all seven summits, he or she will have stood at the highest point of each of the seven landmasses that make up Mother Earth. It is kind of a fascinating thought. And it is something that adventurers […]
Climbing mountains is a fair analogy for the lives of many people in America, including a dispropotionate number of her Black folks. Even still. As we celebrate another passing of Juneteenth in America, it is fair to say, that many of us are living our ancestor’s wildest dreams. For example. I don’t think that Great-Great-Great-Great-Great […]
Father’s Day 2019 is upon us. I originally wrote this about my entire family. I wanted to re-release it for Father’s Day because it tells so much of the story of me and my dad. In case you did not know, the Herstun Writer has officially moved (back) to Atlanta. It is mind blowing how […]
BBW Blank. Black. Woman. She can be so many things, this BBW. A vehicle of your tortured mind… Or. Beautiful Black Woman. She is the Backbone of the family But only when it’s convenient To You Exhausting Her Energy Creating resentment due to lack of reciprocity – Turning a bit Bitter is she? Your Blank […]
Brief History & Facts Fashion is one of my favorite distractions. (My grandmother passed and I have been grieving. Deeply. Still am.) #LoveAlways And New York City is always bustling. Annually for the last fifty years, Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute hosts a huge benefit where celebrities dress up in over-the-top outfits set to […]
Welcome back to a special interlude episode of 101.5 Wilde thoughts exclusively here on Herstun FM Readio. Once again, welcome to my mind. Companion Tracks – War Cry – Queen Naija & Revolution by Kirk Franklin Another experiment in my fractured thought. I love music. A lot of things I write are wound up in […]
So. I didn’t have my first twitter account until I was officially 31 years old or like, maybe two weeks before. I was pretty set in my Facebook box and my IG life. Threw some Snap in here and there. But when I decided to start writing a book my friend told me that I […]