Travelogue Series Resource List
Recommended by Kaylynn Sullivan TwoTrees, Installation Artist
Omi Osun Joni L. Jones, Curator
and Gideon Crevoshay, Sound Eco-Archaeologist
Readings
Ackerman, Jennifer. The Genius of Birds. New York: Penguin Books, 2016.
Athanasuis Kircher, German Jesuit scholar
The Bijak of Kabir. Translated by Linda Hess and Śukadeva Siṃha, Motilal Banarsidass, 2002.
Brockmann, Rolf and Gerd Hötter. Adunni: A Portrait of Susanne Wenger. Munich: Trickster Verlag, 1994.
Butler, Octavia E. Parable of the Sower. Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993.
Butler, Octavia E. Parable of the Talents. Seven Stories Press, 1998.
Dow, Judy. Going Through the Narrows. Potash Hill, 2019.
Dyson, Torkwase. “Black Interiority: Notes on Architecture, Infrastructure, Environmental Justice and Abstract Draw.” Torkwase Dyson: Works from the Hall Collection, The Hall Art Foundation, 2022.
Fu-Kiau, Kimbwandende K.B., African Cosmology of the Bantu-Kongo: Tying the Spiritual Knot, Principles of Life & Living, 2nd Edition. Athelia Henrietta Press, 2001.
Gumbs, Alexis Pauline. Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals. Chico, CA: AK Press, 2020.
Jemisin, N.K. How Long ‘Til Black Future Month? New York: Hachette Book Group, 2018.
Le Guin, Ursula K. She Unnames Them. The New Yorker, 1985.
Lessing, Doris. Canopus in Argos: Archives. Alfred A. Knopf, 1979-1983.
Lyon, William S. and Black Elk, Wallace H. Black Elk: The Sacred Ways of a Lakota. SanFran, 1991.
Manuel, Zenju Earthlyn. The Way of Tenderness: Awakening through Race, Sexuality, and Gender. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2015.
Miéville, China. Embassytown. Pan Macmillan, 2011.
TwoTrees, Kaylynn Sullivan. “Indigenous Mind,” Hope Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World, Ed. Martin Keogh. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2010.
Schwenger, Peter. Asemic: The Art of Writing. University of Minnesota Press, 2019.
Places
The Museum of Jurassic Technology. Culver City, CA.
Pedernales Falls State Park. Johnson City, TX.
Music
Sounds of the Travelogue Playlist on Spotify
Abbey Lincoln, “Wholly Earth,” Wholly Earth, Verve Records, 1998.
Abida Parveen, Pakistani singer
Alim Qasimov, Azerbaijani musician
Aretha Franklin, “Spirit in the Dark,” Spirit in the Dark, Atlantic Records, 1970.
Buffy Sainte-Marie. “God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot.” Illuminations, Vanguard Records, 1969. Cecil Taylor, American pianist
Meredith Monk. “Dolmen Music.” Dolmen Music, ECM, 1981.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani singer
Pauline Oliveros, American composer
Prahlad Tipanya, Indian folk singer
Steve Reich, American composer
The Sun Ra Arkestra, Shadow World, Live in West Berlin, 1983.
Yusef Lateef, American multi-instrumentalist
Films
The Kabir Project Films by Shabnam Virmani.
Blood Pudding. By Sharon Bridgforth, directed by Laurie Carlos, Frontera at Hyde Park Theatre, Austin, TX 1998. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NZqQ4r0SCA.
Neptune Frost. Directed by Anisia Uzeyman and Saul Williams, Kino Lorber, 2021.