October 13, 2017 – Mosaic Magazine

Revolutionary Hope: A Conversation Between Audre Lorde & James Baldwin

JB: One of the dangers of being a Black American is being schizophrenic, and I mean ‘schizophrenic’ in the most […]

Ahmed Abdullah 1997 found me attempting to write a memoir of my life in music, including my work with the

Louis Reyes Rivera (46) After hour jam There is nothing now permittedwhen the gates & lamps shut downnot a murmur,

Keith Gilyard Steeped in discipline and touched by genius, Louis Reyes Rivera [1932-2012] has given us an African-Amerindian lyrical and

Review by Leila Green A grief-stricken young woman clings to boys and secrets for far too long.“All good secrets have

Clint Smith Mom’s eyes close.She raises the spatulaas if she were going to orchestratethe gumbo into existence.Turns the knob so

Clint Smith The police sirens sounded like windgetting knocked out of our stomachs.We tried to find a place to pull

Clint Smith It began with a game of two-hand touch, though suchadministratively imposed regulations were quicklyforgotten as soon as the

Marcia Douglas The others have been waiting for his arrival in the eye. The bass riddim of the people has

Safia Elhillo khartoum in the eighties,my mother with ribbons in her hairdress fanning about her nutmeg calves my father(who i