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.
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Spirit of Writing Week 7: Forge…
You have to start strong not just once, but all throughout...End 2014 writing, not planning to write again in 2015. The Spirit of Writing: 12 Weeks of Practice.
Spirit of Writing Week 6: Edit and Revise…Now and Forever
This weekend, especially with a long holiday weekend coming up and the end of National Novel Writing Month, respect your accomplishments but commit yourself to EDITING in December. So, by the start of the new year, you will have a project (or two, or three) ready to go...End 2014 writing, not planning to write again in 2015. The Spirit of Writing: 12 Weeks of Practice.
Remembering Director Mike Nichols Through His Movies
It is a miracle and luck when any work of art, creative piece or cultural manufacture reaches out and touches those like it depicts. However, it is supernatural and magic when a work of art, creative piece or cultural manufacture so far beyond an aesthete's race, class, gender and experience arrives to inspire and introduce new lives to them. The handful of works I know from Mr. Nichols all do that for me.
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.
Spirit of Writing Week 5: Be Your Own Best Critic
End 2014 writing, not planning to write again in 2015. The Spirit of Writing: 12 Weeks of Practice.
*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…
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