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 1
Don't START writing on January 1, 2015. Instead, end 2014 writing and just continue on January 1. The Spirit of Writing: 12 Weeks of Practice.
Afrikka Hardy, 3 Other Identified Black Women and 3 Jane Does Found Dead in Gary, IN
A scary nightmare of ongoing violence against Black women has come to the surface in Indiana.
On the Channon Christian and Chris Newsom losses of life, and Vanessa Coleman’s impending parole*
*Since the time of this writing, Tennessee courts have upheld the decision to keep all offenders involved in this tragedy behind bars, including the female accomplice who was up for parole this December. Vanessa Coleman's parole was DENIED. Among the reasons for denial were a "depreciation" of the seriousness of what took place in a … Continue reading On the Channon Christian and Chris Newsom losses of life, and Vanessa Coleman’s impending parole*
On Creative Activism
No matter what, it is impossible not to see, to stay silent, to fall asleep oblivious, to do absolutely nothing. This is a reality shared by all of us, whether we are creative people or not.
Violinist Chelsey Green Live in D.C. Area This Week!
This is one bad sister...If you are in the DC-Bethesda-Baltimore areas, Chelsey Green and The Green Project will be live at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore on July 17th and the Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club on July 19th. More information on purchasing tickets may be found Here. About Chelsey Green: Classically … Continue reading Violinist Chelsey Green Live in D.C. Area This Week!
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