Link: http://www.bhurt.com/barackandcurtis.php Thanks to Jelani Cobb who sent this documentary exploring Black masculinity in the context of the Obama campaign to me. Called Barack and Curtis: Manhood, Power, and Respect, this Byron Hurt film featuresContinue reading

Link: http://mosaicmagazine.org/ In celebration of Mosaic magazine’s 10th anniversary, a crowd gathered at Brooklyn’s MoCADA museum to hear Tayari Jones read from her work-in-progress, The Silver Sister. (Amazing title!)Ron Kavanaugh was there, as was TroyContinue reading

Link: http://www.mosaicbooks.com/ Enjoy what I am sure will be an amazing festival and wonderful 10th anniversary readings: Join Mosaic Literary Magazine as we celebrate ten years of presenting the literary arts by writers of AfricanContinue reading

…Sarah Palin is. As she cheerleads for him, it becomes increasingly clear she is the de facto nominee. He requires her presence at major rallies and events. There is no crowd without her. She derisivelyContinue reading

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPDrdN_D330 Please click the link and comment on this video. Devynity is a conscious sister – one of my most impressive former students. Read her note below, her earlier guest blog on this site,Continue reading

The following statement comes from author Stacey Patton and, below that, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund site. There has been a bit of confusion, I think, about wearing political paraphernalia to the polls on electionContinue reading

My aunt and her good friend just launched a site providing fashionable fun tees for the lady who loves her cocktails. Please check it out: http://www.cocktailhourchicks.com/. They’re perfect for hosting your own casual soiree orContinue reading

As you can hear by clicking the NPR “News & Notes” link I provided in the previous blog, I predicted that I would laugh out loud while viewing the vice presidential debate Thursday night. MyContinue reading

Please listen to this 17 minute discussion on NPR.org. Farai Chideya moderates this “News & Notes” bloggers’ roundtable featuring Anthony Bradley, Charles Robinson, and me. Link: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95174901

Tina McElroy Ansa is the award-winning author of five novels, including Baby of the Family, Ugly Ways, The Hand I Fan With, and You Know Better. Her 5th novel, Taking After Mudear, is the sequelContinue reading

Thanks to DeBerry and Grant for sending me their important post: September 17, 2008For the past 11 years, wherever we have been in front of an audience of any size during election season, we haveContinue reading

Thanks to Datwon Thomas for sending this to me: Black Male Teachers Do you know any Black males who are seniors in high school who want to go to college out of state for ‘FREE’Continue reading

Thanks to so many folk, including Sabiyha Prince, for sending this to me: The Conservative Palinguage Guide Vols. 1 and 2 By John Ridley ~ September 5th, 2008 from Huffington Post Vol. 1If you’re aContinue reading

Update on UpSouth: All Up South?Festival events scheduled for Minton?s Playhouse have been moved to George Faison’s Firehouse Theatre 6 Hancock Place/124th Between Morningside and St. Nicholas A,B,C,D train to 125th Street. Minton?s has beenContinue reading

Thanks to Tamara Jeffries for sending this to me: Subject: Gloria Steinem on Sarah Palin Palin: wrong woman, wrong message Sarah Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Hillary Clinton. She is Phyllis Schlafly, onlyContinue reading

Thanks to Sharon Pendana for sending this to me: Dear Friends, compatriots, fellow women, We are writing to you because of the fury and dread we have felt since the announcement of Sarah Palin asContinue reading

Thanks to Farai Chideya for sending this to me: News & Views Welcome to the official companion blog of “News & Notes.”September 10, 2008What John McCain Could Learn From Omar Little Our online series, “SpeakContinue reading