My husband found this You Tube video a few weeks ago, and journalist Julia Chance just sent it to me. Maybe some folk haven’t checked it out yet, so here’s the link. This hasContinue reading
Wassup? Charles Stone III and Crew Revisit that Ubiquitous Question…
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq8Uc5BFogE … and get a slightly different answer 8 years later. Please click the link above, which Michaela angela Davis sent to me, and check out one of the best shorts this year.
Washington Post Review
The Glory of Love by Kuwana Haulsey, author of the novels “The Red Moon” and “Angel of Harlem” With its languid pacing and rhythmic voice, Eisa Nefertari Ulen’s novel ” Crystelle Mourning” at times feelsContinue reading
Wajahat Ali Interview With Pulitzer Prize Winner Junot Diaz
>INTERVIEW: junot diaz================== http://www.counterpunch.org/waj04112008.htmlAn Interview with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist Junot DiazRevenge of the Ghetto NerdBy WAJAHAT ALI The Ghetto nerd came to America at age 6 with his impoverished Dominican family, like so many othersContinue reading
Wage Gap Persists Post-Ledbetter Law
Created by (obsolete link): LearnStuff.com Comment(s) § eisa718® said on : 12/16/12 @ 06:05 Thanks to Kayla Evans for sending this graphic to me to post. Eisa
Voting Today
My husband and I went to our polling place here in Brooklyn at about 8:00. The line was orderly, straight, and moving… s-l-o-w-l-y. Moving, though. As we entered the school, about an hour later, weContinue reading
Vote Now on “Sex, Drugs, and Comedy” Movie Trailer
This comes from my filmmaker husband, the best man in the universe, Ralph Richardson: Hey, I need you to vote now, and tell me which “Sex, Drugs and Comedy” Trailer you like the best. IContinue reading
Vote for Keli!
Keli Goff is a fabulous sister, the author of Party Crashing, and in the running to replace Tavis Smiley on The Tom Joyner Morning Show. Check out her site to see how well she’s representedContinue reading
Virginia Tech
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
Videos Worth a Few Unproductive Moments at Work :)
Thanks, Marcia Mayne of Date with a Book for sending me this discussion between Randall Kennedy and John McWhorter on Black Sellouts. Thanks, Rob Fields, Bridgett Davis, and Stacey Patton, for sending me StuffWhitePeopleLike.com. Funny!Continue reading
Video of the Year!
Love it! Thanks, Farai and Val, for sending this to me. Warning: Lower the volume if you’re not at home. And Read a Book! http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2038641925 Comment(s) § pittershawn said on : 08/23/07 @ 19:06 wow!Continue reading
Victor LaValle’s Big Machine – Upcoming Events
Feel free to come out to any and all events! It would be great to see you. Victor OCTOBER 14 6:30 PM New School Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floorContinue reading
VA Tech Student had been in Nikki Giovanni’s Class
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
USDA Study: Taxing or Increasing Cost of Sugary Beverages Can Lower Obesity Rates
Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/06/07/usda-study-taxing-or-increasing-cost-of-sugary-beverages-can-lower-obesity-rates-116876 A United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) study, ?Measuring Weight Outcomes for Obesity Intervention Strategies: The Case of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages,? has found that increasing the price of sugary drinks by 20 percent wouldContinue reading
UpSouth Youth Literary Contest (P.S. – I LOVE the Essay Question!)
U p S o u t hYo u th Li t era r y Co n tes t 1stAnnual WRITING TOPIC:?Harlem is changing. New buildings, newstores, new people, new streets ? and theseare just theContinue reading
UpSouth in The BK
A Notice From Malaika Adero’s UpSouth: Harlem Comes to BrooklynThursday, August 14th from 7 ? 10pm The Up South, Inc and Amy Ruth?s RestaurantCelebrate the Up South International Book Festival 2008 SeasonAnd Amy Ruth?s newContinue reading
UpSouth at BEA: Farai Chideya, Lori Tharps, and Patricia Spears Jones
Up South, Inc. Presents VOICES AND VISIONS OF NEW AMERICAN DREAMS Celebrate the release of Farai Chideya?s fiction debut, Kiss the Sky. Hear memoirist Lori Tharps,poet Patricia Spears Jones, and Farai Chideya read excerpts fromContinue reading
Updates for The March 2010 National Black Writers Conference at Medgar Evers College
Updates for National Black Writers Conference with Toni Morrison as Honorary Chair Effective 2.07.10 4:00 pm to 6:00 pmSpoken Word Poetry Café (Brooklyn Public Library)Staceyann Chinn and Willie Perdomo, Featured Poets Willie Perdomo added asContinue reading