Sponsored by the Africana Studies Concentrationand co-sponsored by IRADAC, The Center for the Study of Women and Society,and the PhD Program in English The Audre Lorde/Essex HemphillMemorial Lecture HORTENSE SPILLERS Inaugurated by Hortense Spillers, theContinue reading

On November 3rd, the state of Maine voted no on the issue of gay marriage in a referendum that was widely considered a test case for the rest of the nation. This vote was soContinue reading

This post originally appeared on the RingShout Blogspot: Just got back from a wonderful literary conference at Penn State called “Celebrating Contemporary African-American Novels since 1988” It was fabulous–the level of discourse, as the theoristsContinue reading

Check out Rob’s Bold as Love. This originally ran on The Huffington Post: ***** How can you call something ?BlakRoc? when the black folks on the project only rap and the rockers are all white?Continue reading

Thanks to Julia Chance for this article, which originally appeared on Heart&Soul.com: By Julia ChanceWhen I first heard that comedian Chris Rock produced a documentary exploring the complex and complicated relationship black women have withContinue reading

November 5, Cave Canem Workshop Instructors Read w/ Tara Betts, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Marilyn Nelson and Patricia Smith The New School, Lang Center Arnhold Hall 6:30 p.m. 55 W. 13th Street, 2nd Floor New York,Continue reading

Thanks (and congrats!) to my boy Renaldo Davidson for this: Real estate slump opens doors for artists Oct. 25: The recession that’s forcing so many commercial operations to close, is simultaneously creating some unexpected opportunitiesContinue reading

Thanks to Michelle Herrera Mulligan for sending this to me: Dear Friends, Are you ready? The ladies of Juicy Mangos, the first-ever Latina erotica fiction anthology, will be reading together for the first time inContinue reading

Announcing The Twelfth Stop of the Cool Twitter Conferences World Tour! TWELFTH CONFERENCE: BROOKLYN – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20TH, 2009, 10:00AM – 5:00PM We are very happy to announce that we will be holding our twelfthContinue reading

A Benefit Performance for Revolution Books’ $100,000 Fund Drive. Revolution Books is needed now more than ever, yet its future is in peril. This bookstore is carving open a new spirit and atmosphere of criticalContinue reading

http://ringshout.blogspot.com/ 2009 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTS Fiction Bonnie Jo Campbell, American Salvage (Wayne State University Press) Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin (Random House) Daniyal Mueenuddin, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders (W. W. NortonContinue reading

Feel free to come out to any and all events! It would be great to see you. Victor OCTOBER 14 6:30 PM New School Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floorContinue reading

Dear ones, We are mourning the passing of Sarah Wright. Her obituary from the New York Times is enclosed for your information and also her obituary from the Amsterdam News. Please save the date —Continue reading

Thanks to michaela angela davis for sending this to me: ***** Family Friends and Fabulous Ones, I have the supreme honor to moderate a panel of 3 bravely brilliant and beautiful women discussing beauty, bodiesContinue reading

Thanks to Ron Kavanaugh for sending me this: Subject: MLC ’09 -Program Schedule The 2009 Mosaic Literary Conference presents creative ways for keeping books and reading valuable sources of knowledge and creativity. This day ofContinue reading

Statement of the NY Association of Black Journalists on the NY Post firing of Sandra Guzman: The New York Association of Black Journalists is dismayed by the dismissal of Ms. Sandra Guzman, who served asContinue reading