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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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