To Confess or Not To Confess?

Confession is always a failsafe writing prompt.

Nadine Gordimer, Nobel Prize-Winning Novelist of South Africa, Passes Away at 90

Full Body of Work: From Wikipedia Novels The Lying Days (1953) A World of Strangers (1958) Occasion for Loving (1963) The Late Bourgeois World (1966) A Guest of Honour (1970) The Conservationist (1974) – joint winner of the Booker prize in 1974 Burger's Daughter (1979) July's People (1981) A Sport of Nature (1987) My Son's Story (1990) None to Accompany Me (1994) The House Gun (1998) The Pickup (2001) … Continue reading Nadine Gordimer, Nobel Prize-Winning Novelist of South Africa, Passes Away at 90 →

Maya

Maya Angelou, Lyrical Witness of the Jim Crow South, Dies at 86. (photo by Chester Higgins, Jr., for The New York Times) Have negression waiting in your inbox: Subscribe Today. Twitter | Pinterest | Kalisha.com

Black Woman Gossip (Or, Ten Great Black Women’s Story Collections)

Black women can certainly tell a story. And where others are more subdued or might strain unto artificial performance and nearly-rehearsed expression, such embellishments to a tale are attributes we can't help but deliver automatically. While the privileged classes were fortunate enough to bask in the glamour of the novel and epic poems they created using the … Continue reading Black Woman Gossip (Or, Ten Great Black Women’s Story Collections) →

Her Eyes Are Watching Us

Toni Morrison’s brief description of Zora was: “One of the greatest writers of our time.” It is promising to believe she looks out from somewhere to watch the fruits of her lifelong and formerly underappreciated labor: generations who are the better for the Americana she captured and dignified.

The Best Black & African-American Books of 2013

2013 was a phenomenal year in literature for Black/African-American authors as well as the readers who love them. From a thirtysomething Chicagoan who re-defined the art of the 'rant' in her first book of essays (Samantha Irby's Meaty) to a respected non-fiction author trying her hand for the first time at a novel (Rebecca Walker's Ade: A Love … Continue reading The Best Black & African-American Books of 2013 →

Good Black Stuff…

I am so excited and overwhelmed with the fabulous things Black American people are doing in the arts now. Everywhere I turn, there's something new to be proud of. A picture can be worth a thousand words. Not sure if I have to credit any of these photos. Forgot where I got them from...but don't worry … Continue reading Good Black Stuff… →