Rashid Darden

Rashid Darden is the author of Lazarus, Covenant, Epiphany, Yours in the Bond, A Peculiar Legacy, The Life and Death of Savion Cortez, Birth of a Dark Nation, Children of Fury, and Time.

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A Peculiar Legacy is available now!

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Six years ago today, Davane Williams died. Davane was my student. Davane was my friend. Davane was my son.

Davane existed.

My novel, A Peculiar Legacy, is very much a tribute and memorial to him and every other Black boy and young man who has been lost to gun violence.

But this novel is not just a memorial. It's a slice of life from a community. It mourns those who died even as others live. It remembers our past as migrants from the South. It celebrates our joys as communities change and grow. It pays tributes to our battles of the Civil Rights Movement. It uplifts all Black lives: gay and straight, cis and trans, well-off and poor.

It's about education, formal and informal. It's about hope. It's about love. It's about time.

This is the cover of my novel A Peculiar Legacy, designed by Sarah Katreen Hoggatt.

For those of you who were promised an advance review copy, they're coming. To those itching to download or purchase a copy, please mark April 15 in your calendars and bookmark https://www.rashiddarden.com/book/a-peculiar-legacy/

Thank you, Davane, for being.

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Great gray owl hunts for voles in a field in Alberta, Canada...

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I have voles in my yard. I wish we had gray owls here.

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DAVID BOWIE Blackstar (2015)

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You will not use AI to get ideas for your story. You will lie on the floor and have wretched visions like god intended

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Persuasive

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#MarlonWayans #Pride #Pride2024

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A Test Post for 2022

A Test Post for 2022

This is a test post written from my mobile device. This is the first time I’ve attempted to blog from my phone. I am not sure if I am already noted by this. However, the Gutenberg blocks seem to be intuitive. Rashid Darden I seem to be having some issues uploading images, though. Stay tuned.

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The Quaker Wore Giuseppes.

The Quaker Wore Giuseppes.

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Yall should really listen to this.

Like, for real.

In 30 minutes, I say everything I been trying to tell yall for like 9 years.

--Uncle Rashid

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She’s basically the definition of impossible.

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Black Men with Durags

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It’s like someone went crazy with a label maker and I love it.

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How can you forget this gem??

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People always act like the old Batman show being corny was a product of its time but you’re never going to get me to believe this wasn’t a deliberate artistic choice

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Let me find out Batman reruns taught me how to read.

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LMFAOOOO

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BUT WHERE IS THE GIF OF RALEIGH AND PENTECOST FROM PACRIM????

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I will reblog this until the day I DIE 🤣 don’t EVER put your hands on me BOI 👊🏾

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I will never not reblog

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An entire Mood

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Don’t leave out the queen now

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When some Whyte person rephrases what I say and now thinks we’re friends….

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Honorable Mention - Genre Fiction- North Street Book Prize

Honorable Mention – Genre Fiction- North Street Book Prize

I have been awarded Honorable Mention in Genre Fiction for the North Street Book Prize! Continue reading

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