The Center For Black Literature at MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE presentswww.mec.cuny.edu/nbwc | nbwc@mec.cuny.edu | 718.270.4811 The Ninth National Black Writers Conference: Black Writers: Reading and Writingto Transform Their Lives and the World will offer panel discussions,Continue reading

Many of you already read this much talked about piece William Jelani Cobb wrote for The Washington Post. If not, you can read it, and a personal note from him, below. Jelani was also onContinue reading

TERRIE WILLIAMS -Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We?re Not Hurting Wednesday, 1/23, Barnes & Noble ? 82nd Street and Broadway, N.Y. N.Y., 7:00 pm Thursday, 1/24, Hue-Man Bookstore ? 2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd., Harlem,Continue reading

My good friend and Cosmo Girl! magazine Senior Editor Tara Roberts covered the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. She told me that she was shocked at how few reporters from major media actuallyContinue reading

I’m honored to be on the Host Committee to raise funds for the United Negro College Fund. Please see the invite below, and please come party with a purpose! SHADES OF BLACK 2008 * NYC1stContinue reading

As you can see below, not only will Max Rodriguez of QBR’s Harlem Book Fair and Shirley Jenkins of Solid Gold Travel work out the Harlem Book Fair in Bermuda conflict (that you read onContinue reading

Keli Goff, a political analyst and author who has made numerous appearances on CNN and FOX, posted an (as always) intelligent entry on her blog called “You Gotta Believe.” I think Keli is just terrific.Continue reading

Terrie Williams, publicist and best-selling author, is making depression within the African American community her new charge. The task of offering hope for healing to countless Black folk who silence their emotional pain became herContinue reading

Thank you to Joyce Davis, author of Can’t Stop the Shine, for sending this information to me. According to Richard Prince’s online Maynard Institute column, “Journal-isms,” Susan Taylor has communicated via email from South AfricaContinue reading

We round out the year’s topics and, I think, provide a fresh perspective on 2007. Did blogging help spark a new Civil Rights Movement with the Jena 6, or was it all a lot ofContinue reading

When Solid Gold Travel published a comment on this blog about Max Rodriguez, in which Max is called “a professional con-man” and asked that anyone who has been “tricked, conned, or ripped-off by Max RodriguezContinue reading

Thanks to Elise Chance for sending this sad news to me. You can read the NY Daily News article. I will run to 4W today to talk to Selma, who has been a Fort GreeneContinue reading

Check out Rob Fields’ blog, and tell this brother what you’ve been nodding your head to this year. 🙂 From Rob: Hey, people! Originally, I was going to put together a list of what IContinue reading

Today on NPR’s News and Notes with Farai Chideya, I discussed Oprah’s support for Barack Obama and the Weeks-Bynum business. Farai’s guests included Anthony Bradley of The Institute and Earl Dunovant of Prometheus 6. OnContinue reading

On Tuesday my husband and I went to the National Urban League’s New York office to celebrate the publication of CNN contributor Roland Martin’s book, 50 Perspectives on Faith. Terrie Williams, Susan McHenry, and KenContinue reading

I love this child! Thanks, Ilyasah, for sending me this link. It’s elementary 2It’s elementary: talking about gay issues in School (www.womedia.org)

Thanks to Ron Kavanaugh, who sent me this: “10 Years of Supporting Writers of African and Latino Descent” That’s what our tagline will read in 2008. Ten years of unflinching dedication to the written word.Continue reading