August 17, 2008 – Mosaic Magazine

Review: Oracular and Stiltwalking by Lamont Steptoe

Reviewed by Truth Thomas Lamont B. Steptoe has survived the war in Viet Nam. He has survived being a black […]

Reviewed by Maranda Moses In her second novel, The Pirate’s Daughter, author Margaret Cezair-Thompson not only draws on inspiration from

Reviewed by Danielle A. Jackson A century after the landmark book of essays The Souls of Black Folk appeared in

Reviewed by Danielle Y. Hatchett Deciding on the life of somebody else ain’t the best place to be when you’re

Reviewed by Nicole Sealey In most historical accounts, Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) is placed in the context of the movements

By Randall Horton There was something stifling in the way the tumblers turned, clicked—and cascaded into deep silence. Inside four

By Ron Kavanaugh, a friend of Phebus Etienne (originally blogged on January 2, 2008) I met Phebus Etienne many years

By Phebus Etienne As my father sits now on the edge of a bare mattresshe drifts back to the subject

By Phebus Etienne St Anne’s bells chime in the windsignaling end of another school day.We circumvent men balancingburlap sacks of

By Nikki Giovanni This is my first memory:A big room with heavy wooden tables that sat on a creakywood floorA