Today, January 15th, 2014, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have been 85 years old. It is arguable that, in this age of globalization and its increased emphases on the heightened role Americans should play in African diaspora nations and the increasingly cosmopolitan approach writers must take to expand their audiences, too many times we scramble past … Continue reading The Way We Will Celebrate Them Today
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Amiri Baraka Has Passed
Black American and Arts Movement Poet, Playwright, Writer and Literary Grand/Godfather to Countless People has passed away at the age of 79 years old. Full New York Times Obituary. Have negression waiting in your inbox: Subscribe Today. Twitter | Pinterest | Kalisha.com
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
Charmed Life
One day I'd love to write a book just about all the authors I have met or know: who, when, where, why and what it was like to see them in person or what it meant to me at the times. I'd share it with my children and grandchildren, part love letters, part historical retrospective.... Gwendolyn … Continue reading Charmed Life
Well-Served
Lee Daniels' The Butler is the culmination of what blacks in Hollywood, from its Golden Age unto its present, expected our contested involvement in the movies could, should and would be. And it is the reason why not only African-American people, but all people, will pay for the movies. It has been nearly two decades since I saw … Continue reading Well-Served
Let’s Pretend: Rest in Peace Trayvon Benjamin Martin
**Trayvon Benjamin Martin (February 5, 1995 – February 26, 2012) was the son of Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin. He was a junior at Dr. Michael M. Krop High School. He lived with his mother and older brother in Miami Gardens, Florida. On February 26, 2012, the late Trayvon Martin returned from the store to … Continue reading Let’s Pretend: Rest in Peace Trayvon Benjamin Martin
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