MEDIA ROOTS – Amateur writer Rutger B. Devon offers these two original, uplifting, lyrical and political poems for activists and lovers of freedom and independence from his forthcoming, debut book of both verse and prose. *** Cut the Apron Strings is a strong, no-holds-barred manifesto. It is a call-to-arms for people to do just what the title implies, to remove one’s … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — October 3rd, 1970, Elvis Presley wrote the following letter to Richard Nixon:“First, I would like to introduce myself. I am Elvis Presley and admire you and have great respect for your office. I talked to Vice President Agnew in Palm Springs three weeks ago and expressed my concern for our country. The drug culture, the hippie elements, the … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — The written word still exists for those still interested in exploring our self-imposed boundaries of consciousness and reality and understanding of the universal collective oneness of humanity. How much humanity do we allow ourselves? Messina *** [PROSE/MIXTAPE] On the subject of false consciousness in his paper entitled “The State, Class and False Consciousness Within the American … Read More
