i really don’t know what to say. http://video.aol.com/video/iraq-stoning-death-investigation/1908609 girl stoned to death. Comment(s) § Chris Chambers said on : 05/19/07 @ 17:47 Prof. Kwame Anthony Appiah developed a sort of “new” cultural relativism where youContinue reading

If you’re in NYC and have festive attire begging to be worn this month, attend the Up South International Book Festival Jammin’ With Baraka Fundraiser. Organized by my wonderful editor, Malaika Adero, with the helpContinue reading

A couple of weeks ago I did an interview with Yolanda King on heart disease and stroke. She was a spokesperson for the American Heart Association, because her mother had suffered a stroke. I wokeContinue reading

Visit With Willie Perdomo Yesterday I had the wonderful opportunity to meet and to learn from poet and creative writer Willie Perdomo. As one of her students, I am grateful to Professor Ulen for invitingContinue reading

Media as Propaganda Last night I watched the Bill Moyers Journal PBS documentary, “Buying the War.” In it, Moyers explores the American media’s failure to fact-check, to verify truth and expose lies by interviewing objectiveContinue reading

This entire blog comes from an email blast sent by author Chris Jackson. I don’t know anyone at Kensington, and all that follows comes straight from Chris: Publisher Kills Black POW’s Book Deal To addContinue reading

Brownstone Books and the Medgar Evers College Center for Black Literature hosted a panel I was on last Thursday. Hosted by Dr. Brenda Greene, the conversation focused on Black women’s writing and current trends inContinue reading

Ok, wowsa – THE LEDE | April 18, 2007 The Professor Who Said ‘Not in My Class’ Tom Zeller At the convocation last night, Nikki Giovanni led the crowd in a chant of ??Let?s goContinue reading

I think I’ve taken a couple of days to respond to the massacre at Virginia Tech out of shock, sorrow, and – honestly – the feeling of fear these school-related shootings inspire. Even after havingContinue reading

Thank you, Jesse Jackson, for remembering the sisters. On CNN this morning, during an interview regarding Don Imus, the Reverend Jesse Jackson’s first comment – before the reporter could even ask him a question –Continue reading

CosmoGirl! magazine is holding a young women’s filmmaking contest called Take Action Hollywood. One of the finalists, Kiri Davis, replicates the Mrs. Mamie Phipps Clark and Mr. Kenneth Clark 1950 study that asked children toContinue reading

My crazy calendar isn’t working, but here are the events I’ll be doing over the next few weeks. Hope to see you! Wednesday, March 21st7:30NY Writers Coalition Writing Aloud SeriesAlbyn Hall, Sophie McManus, Candace Shepard,Continue reading

Last night I sat on a panel with four great women writers – Sofia Quintero, Elisha Miranda, and Michelle Herrera Mulligan. BAAD!, the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, hosted the discussion in their amazingContinue reading

Last week in one of my Hunter College undergraduate classes, we discussed the n-word, the k-word, the h-word, the s-word, and the ch-word. We were discussing stereotypes and archetypes in literature, the recent New YorkContinue reading

I recently read the March 2007 issue of Bloomberg Markets, a finance magazine, and learned that Toyota is buying a product that was made by slaves in Brazil. According to the Bloomberg Update, in theContinue reading

Said this morning as my husband was getting ready for work: “We gave up land, our 40 acres, the demand for wealth, and settled for bling.”