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
upcoming events
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
Unburnable Author Marie-Elena John to Lead CCNY Workshop
Thanks to Marie-Elena for sending this to me: The City College Black Studies ProgramThe Black Male Leadership and Mentoring ProjectThe City College of New York, 138 Street & Convent Avenue, MR14New York, NY 10031 SummerContinue reading
Two Hearts. One Heartbeat: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Rate Higher Among Native Americans
Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/09/05/fetal-alcohol-syndrome-rate-higher-among-american-indians-48085 A mother rouses from sleep, cradles her newborn infant and yawns. She then gets up and carries the baby, all soft and not quite ready to wail for food, into the kitchen. SheContinue reading
Two Conferences – Interesting Ideas
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
Two Awards From Go On, Girl! Book Club
ASPIRING WRITER EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP ?Call for Entries? The nation?s largest reading group for Black women The Go On Girl! Book Club, Inc. invites you to write your way to $500! Founded in 1990, The GoContinue reading
Turn it Off!
Thanks, Pittershawn Palmer, for sending me this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wewf3lQjCPQ
Truthout Interviews Eisa Ulen on Genetic and Cultural DNA
Who are we? Where do we come from? How do we construct our identity? A conversation about how we determine “who” we are. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area suburbs, I was oftenContinue reading
Troy Johnson Honored in Harlem Friday Night
A circle of editors, writers, agents, and other professionals in Black Books gathered with Marva Allen at Harlem’s Hue Man Bookstore to honor AALBC.com founder Troy Johnson. Hosted by “Lit Leaders” (elegantly attired in allContinue reading
Trends Among Younger Contemporary Black Writers
Gen X at the NBWC Presented for the panel “The National Black Writers Conference: Creating a Historical Record in Black Letters,” AWP Conference in New York (2008) The National Black Writers Conference has offered aContinue reading
Toyota Buying Material Made by Slaves
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
Toni Morrison’s Black Art Spoke in a Nation That Would Silence Us
“To create art amid sorrow or oppression is to insist on excavating meaning from the dull senselessness of pain. It is to be alive and speaking back. Art dives headfirst into the uncharted perils andContinue reading
Toni Morrison’s Letter to Barack Obama
Read about Toni Morrison’s endorsement in The Detroit Free Press. Thank you to Zuhairah and Julia for sending this to me: Dear Senator Obama, This letter represents a first for me–a public endorsement of aContinue reading
Tlingit CEO Opens IT Company Branch in Rural Kake, Alaska
This Post Originally Ran on Indian Country Today: Tlingit CEO of Colorado-Based IT Company Opens Branch in Rural Kake Eisa Ulen2/26/13Few are unaware that the United States has suffered the most severe economic downturn sinceContinue reading
Tiya A. Miles: Similar Struggles Should Unite Native and African Americans in Protesting Columbus Day
Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/10/09/tiya-a-miles-similar-struggles-should-unite-native-and-african-americans-in-protesting-columbus-day-138565 This interview originally appeared in Indian Country Today. Columbus? voyage to the Americas provided a direct route to the exploitation, dehumanization, and decimation of African and Indigenous peoples in the west. Whole populationsContinue reading
Tim Wise to White Women Threatening to Vote for McCain – or Not at All
Thanks to Linda Duggins for sending this to me: An Open Letter to Certain White Women Who Are Threatening to Withhold Support from Obama in November Your Whiteness is Showing By TIM WISE This isContinue reading
Three Sisters Create Bath & Beauty Business Using Natural Materials Near Yukon
This story originally posted on Indian Country Today: Three Sisters Create Bath and Beauty Business Using Materials Near the Yukon Eisa Ulen Richardson3/25/13Triplets Michelle, Amy and Cika Sparck have turned harvesting plants in their AlaskaContinue reading
Thoughts on NBC Nightly News Series Spotlighting African American Women
I felt slightly disappointed by this NBC Nightly News series. “African American Women and Where They Stand” did not – could not? – offer the level of in-depth analysis and fresh perspective I anticipated. ClearlyContinue reading