One of my favorite radio shows, the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC, just broadcast a discussion of “Hot Ghetto Mess.” (I refuse to use the new show title, “We Got to Do Better.” They needContinue reading

Imus, Flavor of Love Charm School, Norbit’s Rasputia: these giant leaps backward have sent our womanist ancestors roiling in their graves. A relentless media assault on Black women marks 2007. Time to help the spiritsContinue reading

This Sunday’s Book Review contains the article “Writers Like Me” by novelist Martha Southgate. In it, Martha explores race and class in American publishing. If you have trouble accessing Martha’s piece using the link above,Continue reading

A great series of articles that ran in the Miami Herald. Thanks, Pittershawn, for this! http://www.miamiherald.com/multimedia/news/afrolatin/index.html Comment(s) § Wendi Jackson Smith said on : 07/30/07 @ 14:39 Thanks for sharing this. As women with afro-latinoContinue reading

I was honored to moderate a panel celebrating writers of Caribbean descent this past Saturday at the Brooklyn Public Library. Organized by Maryland-based newspaper publisher Joy Bramble of The Caribbean International Literary Festival, publicist andContinue reading

Last week my husband and I went to the city to see the punk/soul/gospel/rock musical bildungsroman Passing Strange. In this production at The Public, musician, writer, and on-stage narrator Stew expands the realm of ideasContinue reading

Thanks, Pittershawn, for sending me this! Oh, so funny – Check out the I-Rack. Comment(s) § pittershawn said on : 06/07/07 @ 13:01 It is rather funny. Comment(s) § simone said on : 06/14/07 @Continue reading

What an amazing weekend. On Friday I went to Javits for Book Expo America. Ron Kavanaugh invited me to sign copies of Crystelle Mourning at the Mosaic literary magazine table since they put me onContinue reading

I love CNN. It’s my third favorite non-print news source, right after the ever-accurate, globally-focused BBC and the in-depth reportage of NPR. I do not like Lou Dobbs on CNN. I think this guy exploitsContinue reading

My cousin and his wife attended this forum (click below) in Burlington, Vermont – the state Ebony magazine called “the whitest state in America” several years ago. They moved from West Philadelphia to Burlington aboutContinue reading

Jillian Coneys is a student in my Multicultural American Literature class this semester: When the syllabus changed and it was announced that we would only be spending a single class on Willie Perdomo?s Where aContinue reading

If you’re in NYC and have festive attire begging to be worn this month, attend the Up South International Book Festival Jammin’ With Baraka Fundraiser. Organized by my wonderful editor, Malaika Adero, with the helpContinue reading

i really don’t know what to say. http://video.aol.com/video/iraq-stoning-death-investigation/1908609 girl stoned to death. Comment(s) § Chris Chambers said on : 05/19/07 @ 17:47 Prof. Kwame Anthony Appiah developed a sort of “new” cultural relativism where youContinue reading

A couple of weeks ago I did an interview with Yolanda King on heart disease and stroke. She was a spokesperson for the American Heart Association, because her mother had suffered a stroke. I wokeContinue reading

Visit With Willie Perdomo Yesterday I had the wonderful opportunity to meet and to learn from poet and creative writer Willie Perdomo. As one of her students, I am grateful to Professor Ulen for invitingContinue reading

Media as Propaganda Last night I watched the Bill Moyers Journal PBS documentary, “Buying the War.” In it, Moyers explores the American media’s failure to fact-check, to verify truth and expose lies by interviewing objectiveContinue reading

This entire blog comes from an email blast sent by author Chris Jackson. I don’t know anyone at Kensington, and all that follows comes straight from Chris: Publisher Kills Black POW’s Book Deal To addContinue reading