December 14, 2008 – Mosaic Magazine

Review: When the Black Girl Sings by Bil Wright

Reviewed by C. Chekejai Coley Bil Wright takes on the complex issue of transracial adoption in When the Black Girl […]

Reviewed by Sidik Fofana In Somebody Scream, hip-hop adopts a broader role in the context of African-American history. According to

Reviewed by D. Scot Miller Though he was one of the first stand-out stars of the Nuyorican scene before the

Reviewed by Rachel Finn “When they ask you,” she says sternly, without looking at me, “say you’re one of them,

Reviewed by Jada Bradley Many people ignore or forget childhood longings that call them to do or be something other

Reviewed by Adisa Vera Beatty In his fifteenth poetry collection, Gomer’s Song, Kwame Dawes comes up on the reader like

Reviewed by J. A. Barnes Richard Bruce Nugent, one of the young artists of the Harlem Renaissance, never completed the

Reviewed by Athena Dixon Claudia Rankine writes in her introduction to Khadijah Queen’s debut collection, “Hers is a poetic sensibility

By Opal Palmer Adisa the slightest commentcauses my eyesto smarti pretend the windhas blown somethingmy way i fix on an

By Opal Palmer Adisa the knife slipssevering the fingerwhich hangsattached by a willowy muscle the day’s stresssnaps the mindwhich clingsto