My Fave 2020 Reads
December 29, 2020
Warm winter wishes to all… I’m a fan of books but I also loved some short reads as my favorites of 2020. All are worthy time fillers to cozy up with in any season! … More My Fave 2020 Reads
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“I Came To Chicago To Work”
August 29, 2019
Dear Readers: Rachel León interviewed me for Chicago Review of Books on my latest novel SPEAKING OF SUMMER, the writing life and working in Chicago. I’d forgotten how much we covered: the novel composition process, support (or the lack thereof) for mental health, inequities in approaches to men and women’s meditative literature, unsafety for women. … More “I Came To Chicago To Work”
“You are not gonna silence me.” -Senator Stephanie Flowers on racist Stand Your Ground “rights”
March 9, 2019
Emmett, Trayvon, Markeis, Kalief, Oscar, Tamir, Aiyana, Stephon, Botham, Sandra, Amadou, Eleanor, Terence, Philando, Alton, Walter, Sharmel, Miriam, Tony, Jordan, Rumain, Rekia, Laquan, Eric, Michael… … More “You are not gonna silence me.” -Senator Stephanie Flowers on racist Stand Your Ground “rights”
No Excuses: 20 Black Male Soul Singers to Stream Besides R. Kelly
January 14, 2019
The ultimate power of evil is diversion, devouring, annihilation and blacking out of what is good. This is all our faults, not Kelly’s. How many more men are out here for us to listen to, most of them much better vocalists than Kelly, and more romantic lyricists as well? … More No Excuses: 20 Black Male Soul Singers to Stream Besides R. Kelly
