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" #DontLetMeBeLonely Tonight" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter #JamesTaylor, from his 1972 album #OneManDog. The song has been included on three of Taylor's greatest-hits collection albums: #GreatestHits (1976), #ClassicSongs (1987) and #TheBestOfJamesTaylor (2003). Taylor re-recorded the song for the 2001 #MichaelBrecker album #NearnessOfYouTheBalladBook; this rendition won Taylor the #GrammyAwardForBestMalePopVocalPerformance in 2002.
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Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight

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Waywords StudioFeb 16

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐——๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜†" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ -

Prose, poetry, and art from Jamaican-American Rankine which opens up a reflection on American loneliness, race, and depression follow 9/11. Twenty years later, I dread how much will still feel true.

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #claudiarankine #dontletmebelonely #hybridgenre #sept11 #despair #parataxis #americandream #isolation

Waywords StudioFeb 1

๐—ง๐—•๐—ฅ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ: ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€ -

Views from the marginalized, this month. Erdrich is always a pleasure, and looking forward to Blackhawk's history along with my first book by Rankine!

#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #laylafsaad #meandwhitesupremacy #louiseerdrich #thenighwatchman #tommyorange #wanderingstars #claudiarankine #dontletmebelonely #nedblackhawk #theRediscoveryofAmerica #ramv #themanydeathsoflailastarr #svenbirkerts #thegutenbergelegies

Andrew ShieldsSep 29, 2024
The case of Lionel Tate in Claudia Rankine's "Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric" (2004) โ€“ and on the internet today. #111Words #ClaudiaRankine #DontLetMeBeLonely #LionelTate #Trials #Probation #Plagiarism https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-case-of-lionel-tate-in-claudia.html
The case of Lionel Tate in Claudia Rankine's "Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric" (2004) โ€“ and on the internet today

While re-reading Claudia Rankine's "Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric" (2004), I was struck by her mention of Lionel Tate. In 2001, ...

Andrew ShieldsSep 28, 2024
From Claudia Rankine to Aimรฉ Cรฉsaire and Cรฉsar Vallejo. #111Words #ClaudiaRankine #DontLetMeBeLonely #Poetry #AimรฉCรฉsaire #CahierDunRetourAuPaysNatal #CรฉsarVallejo #ConsiderandoFrรญo #AnthonyVahniCapildeo #Literature #French #Spanish https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/09/from-claudia-rankine-to-aime-cesaire.html
From Claudia Rankine to Aimรฉ Cรฉsaire and Cรฉsar Vallejo

Between April 2016 and March 2017, I read Claudia Rankine's "Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric" (2004) four times (in part because I...