Here are some of my upcoming readings and other events: Thursday, February 8th7:00 – 9:00Reading with Colson Whitehead and Martha SouthgateKGB Bar85 East 4th Streetbtwn 2nd & 3rdF/V to 2nd Ave or 6 to AstorContinue reading

Two Black NFL coaches in the Superbowl. One brother to surely coach a Superbowl victory… One African American candidate with a real chance at victory. A woman candidate, a Latino candidate… So much to celebrateContinue reading

Chris Chambers writes about Crystelle Mourning in his latest blog entry. Check it out, and check out his other entries. This is a brother with thangs to say, ya’ll. www.natturnersrevenge.blogspot.com Saturday, January 06, 2007Eisa NefertariContinue reading

Please take 13 minutes to view this ABC video. It explores the two men, of two backgrounds, who committed two very different crimes, then received two vastly different punishments in the Lone Star State. TheContinue reading

My good friend Chris Chambers posted this entry on his blog. Please see below for the sad state of affairs at Tufts… http://natturnersrevenge.blogspot.com/2006/12/holiday-cheer-from-hitler-youth.html Wednesday, December 13, 2006Holiday Cheer from the Hitler Youth Whilst the worldContinue reading

Last Tuesday I joined authors Bridgett Davis and Martha Southgate to discuss “The Black Female Literary Tradition” at McNally Robinson Books in SoHo. After naming some of our favorite authors (Martha loves Toni Morrison, BridgettContinue reading

Professor Joyce Toney, former chair of both the Africana and the Women’s Studies Departments at Hunter, hosted a book party for me in her beautiful Brooklyn home last night. Khisekh Salaam from Hue Man BooksContinue reading

This past Thursday I headed uptown to sit on an amazing panel hosted by Harlem World magazine and moderated by Troy Johnson of the African American Literary Book Club (www.AALBC.com). Panelists included Flores Forbes (authorContinue reading

the best response to 9-11, to america since 9-11, to katrina. the best response i’ve ever seen to us. to who we are, now. “the 51st (dream) state” video, song, instrumentation. poetry. art saving us,Continue reading

I’m still high from the recent elections, though I wish Harold Ford Jr. had been successful in his run for the Senate. I supported his campaign, along with Obama’s and Clinton’s, here in New York.Continue reading

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3f0dPclXhk A former Hunter student of mine, the very talented Ryan Collazo, has performed his prose poem over the images of a short film. Click the link and check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3f0dPclXhk

I was so happy to celebrate Black Solidarity Day at Medgar Evers College here in Brooklyn. The college hosted a conference, called “The African Presence and Influence on the Cultures of the Americas,” and IContinue reading

Link: http://asambleapopulardeoaxaca.com/ This information on Oaxaca, Mexico has been circulating among conscious folk for some time now. Please, if you haven’t received this message already, click on the link and view video documentation of theContinue reading