Please see below: Target is looking for “real” artist to feature in new Converse One Star print ad. The shoot is 2 days in Minneapolis @ 3,500 per day + air/hotel/per diem; first week ofContinue reading

I received this email a few days ago. This is a wonderful video. Enjoy! Dear MoveOn member, You have to check this out: Will Ferrell on health care reform, along with Jon Hamm from “MadContinue reading

Behind the BookThird Annual Benefitwith honorary co-chairsColum McCann, Martha Southgate, and Hannah Tinti Last chance to purchase $60 ticket to Third Annual Benefit Purchase tickets by October 1:$60 each; thereafter, $75; at the door, $100Continue reading

Thanks to Marcia Mayne for sending this to me: Dear Booklover, So many books, so little time! This year, we continue to examine and celebrate the Caribbean experience at home and abroad. And we beginContinue reading

Thanks to Erika Lewis for sending this to me. Please also see the related AP news story. Dear Friends, I would like to share with you some important information about a disturbing situation that hasContinue reading

Thanks to the National Book Foundation for sending this to me: Monday, September 21, 2009 YOU DECIDE!The Best of the National Book Awards Fiction Over the summer, 140 National Book Award Winners, Finalists, and JudgesContinue reading

Thanks to Ron Kavanaugh for this: Subject: Mosaic Literary Conference – Early Registration Deadline! The 2009 Mosaic Literary Conference presents creative ways for keeping books and reading valuable sources of knowledge and creativity. This dayContinue reading

Thanks to Valerie Joyner for this announcement: Greetings All! I will be reading from my novel, HOLLYHOOD at Brownstone Bookson Thursday, September 24th @ 7:00 pm. Hope you will join me. And bring a friend.Continue reading

FREE WORKSHOPS THIS FALL! The Center for Black Literature In Association with Corridor Gallery, the National Conference of Artists-NY & Theatre for the Free People Presents The Black Artist as Activist A Creative Writing, VisualContinue reading

Original Link (obsolete): http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/08/19/street-lit-kindle-and-the-exotic-other-interview-with-mosaic-magazine-founder-ron-kavanaugh/ Street Lit, Kindle, and The Exotic Other: Interview with ?Mosaic? Magazine Founder Ron KavanaughPosted By The Editors | August 19th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 1 Comment » Print This PostContinue reading

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/13/damon-weaver-11-year-old_n_259288.html Thanks to Joyce Davis for sending this lovely video to me.

Thanks to Ron Kavanaugh and Kalamu for this: INFO: new mosaic magazine + lesson plans==================================== http://mosaicmagazine.org/ New Issue! Issue 25 of Mosaic features writers Thomas Glave and Lawrence Hill as well as reviews of TheContinue reading

In the 2007 Denzel Washington directed film The Great Debaters, James Farmer Jr., played by Denzel Whitaker, comes-of-age. He bears witness to violence against African Americans – and Black triumph over Southern Horrors. He seesContinue reading

Sunday, July 26thHouse of the Lord Church415 Atlantic AvenueBK, Baby! 6:00$50 adults$25 children Thanks to Cristal Baron for sending this to me: The team behind Blue Marble Ice Cream is poised to go global withContinue reading

Thanks to ALison Meyers of Cave Canem for this: Thomas Glave reads at Bluestockings RedBone PressMusic/Arts – Performance Wednesday, July 15, 20097:00pm – 8:30pm Bluestockings Bookstore172 Allen St.New York, NY A RedBone Press endorsed event.Continue reading