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Posts from the ‘Interviews’ Category

Jamel Shabazz

Seeing Eye to Eye: Jamel Shabazz
by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn

How would you feel if you could recall almost everyone that crossed your life’s path? If you could remember the conversations, and the clothing, down to the shoes and accessories of the people you’ve met. Sounds like a feat only an individual with a fantastic memory could pull off. Read more

John Murillo

John Murillo
by Adisa Vera Beatty

Afro-Chicano poet and playwright John Murillo has generated a great deal of excitement and praise from the likes of Junot Diaz and Yusef Komunyakaa for his premiere collection of poems, Up Jump The Boogie (Cypher Press, 2010). Currently he is the Jay C. and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Read more

Tiphanie Yanique

Redefining Caribbean: A Conversation with Tiphanie Yanique
By Kim Coleman Foote

Boston Globe has identified St. Thomas-born Tiphanie Yanique as one of “16 up-and-comers who might make it big in 2010,” which comes as no surprise. Graywolf Press approached the 20-something Drew University professor with an offer to publish her first short story collection, How to Escape from a Leper Colony: A Novella and Stories, released this March. Before the book’s publication, the stories had already grabbed high honors from the literary Read more

Roger Bonair-Agard

On Sunday, May 15, 2011, Roger Bonair Agard welcomed folks from many of his varied camps –students, friends, family, teachers, and poets to hear him read and celebrate the launch of his sophomore effort, “Gully.” The title has many connotation: low part of a channel, the toughest area of the ghetto Read more

Chimamanda Adichie

On Thursday, June 17 2010; award-winning novelist Chimamanda Adichie read from her book of short stories The Things Around Your Neck. She was then joined by novelist Tayari Jones for a conversation about her work and process. Read more