Today, Zora Neale Hurston's spirit is 124 years old.
Category: Black Writers
People Once Read Zora Could Not Write
What ignited our spirits about the work was the awesome imagining of the unrecognizable language it presented in the midst of drama we could recognize.
Great African-American Books of 2014
Compiling this list of 2014 books by or about Black Americans which I read cover-to-cover, or keep on my "To Read" mantle, is how I have officially begun my holidays; there is just something about putting hands deep into books (with covers and pages) that makes everything all right.
Spirit of Writing Week 8: You Have To Give To Get…
Although it appears solitary, writing is a collaboration at all times…End 2014 writing, not planning to write again in 2015. The Spirit of Writing: 12 Weeks of Practice.
Harsh History: A Gem of Our Libraries
The Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection, housed in Chicago’s Carter G. Woodson Library, is an invaluable display of the flowering of Black history and culture within a Northern, urban environment galvanized by the energy of hundreds of thousands of post-war Black migrants from the South.
*On The Color Purple and Beloved film adaptations…
I remember when The Color Purple movie came out in 1986. To have a beautiful and serious movie, that was not about Blacks killing each other or acting stupid but truly featured the story and amazing acting, was a big event. Oprah Winfrey was already a sort of star, and the other actors were people we knew as well. … Continue reading *On The Color Purple and Beloved film adaptations…
10 Black Women’s Book-to-Film Adaptations*
Maya Angelou, Alice Walker and Gloria Naylor were early trailblazers for cinematic adaptations of Negress stories. Adaptations of their autobiography, novel and stories catapulted their work and names to national prominence their Harlem Renaissance and Black Power Movement predecessors were unable to enjoy in their lifetimes.
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