This review originally ran on TheGrio.com. Book Review: Paule Marshall’s Triangular Road By Eisa Ulen 7:45 AM on 07/06/2009 One of the most important writers of the 2nd half of the 20th century, Paule MarshallContinue reading

Yesterday the blogosphere buzzed with word that Vibe magazine just died. For some, like me, who have written for Vibe and worked at or with the publication over the years, this death was slow, agonizing.Continue reading

Link: http://www.boldaslove.us/2009/06/so-much-michael.html#comment-6a00d83451cfbb69e2011570873be3970c Please check out Bold As Love if you’re interested in what good writers are saying about MJ. Comment(s) § Guy Routte said on : 07/03/09 @ 09:23 Brilliant

I’m just so sad. And, I have to say, the grief I feel surprises me. After all, I would have never let Michael Jackson babysit my son. I wasn’t particularly interested in his comeback. HeContinue reading

Original Link (obsolete): http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/06/26/bad%E2%80%94real-bad%E2%80%94michael-jackson/ BAD?Real Bad?Michael JacksonPosted By The Editors | June 26th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 5 comments Print This Post Print This Post By Ralph Richardson This is SAD, real Sad. WhatContinue reading

Here’s part of Bliss Broyard’s article: Miasha, a 28-year-old novelist, is walking through the Los Angeles Convention Center, home to the 2008 BookExpo America, an annual publishing conference. Sporting large diamond hoop earrings, sequined Manolos,Continue reading

From TheRoot.com: So why is Hamza?s story called the New Muslim Cool? Because he is part of a generation of young Muslims who are coming of age in a post-9/11 America. They are tackling questionsContinue reading

Hi folks: Thanks to “O Magazine” for putting me on the contributor’s page in the July issue and mentioning my writing sisters at The Finish Party. It’s nice to get a shout… and it’s alsoContinue reading

Thomas the 2009 IMPAC Award winner American author Michael Thomas (a member of Hunter College’s English faculty) was named the winner of the world’s richest literary prize, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, in DublinContinue reading

On March 28, 1979, my mother crouched low, gripped my shoulders, and told me this: ?If they evacuate today, they?ll take you to the State Farm Building. There will be lots of kids there, becauseContinue reading

Thanks to Patricia Spears Jones and Kevin Powell for spreading the word: Stop Police Violence Against Our CommunityThe Madness Has To Stop Host: S.O.S. Collective and G.L.O.B.E. Date: Saturday, June 6, 2009 Time: 3:00pm –Continue reading

Cheryl Boyce Taylor read with Staceyann ChinWednesday, June 3, 2009 at 7:30 PMThe Lazy Catfish593 Lorimer Streetbetween Metropolitan & ConselyeaWilliamsburg, Brooklynhosted by Roger Bonair Agard Benefit Reading for Mosaic Literary Magazinefeaturing Cheryl Boyce-Taylorand the PhotographyContinue reading

Domestic terrorism comes in many forms. The murder of Dr. Tiller is one of them as far I am concerned. No one is “pro abortion” but I am very decidely pro choice and women shouldContinue reading

Please check out my latest blog for the NAACP site, TheDefendersOnline.com. A sample: The rhyme he heard the first couple days of his life tickled me right in that spot where I love black word.Continue reading