Call for Submissions on Baltimore/Ferguson
Mosaic Magazine seeks previously published essays focused on the racial & economic inequalities that continue to affect Baltimore, MD Continue reading
Category Archives: Essay
Baltimore Submissions
The African Renaissance by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
In the past two years, African literature has undergone a renaissance of attention. Articles in the New York Times and The Guardian have noted the growing number of African literary stars; Continue reading
Best Books of 2014
BEST BOOKS OF 2014
by Clarence V. Reynolds
Freelance editor and literary arbiter Clarence V. Reynolds reads five books per day, or was that per month. Continue reading
Amiri Baraka, The Ancestors Don’t Care About Your Plans
On February 4, 2014, at New York University, poetry, love, and hundreds of Black Arts devotees filled two rooms to honor the activists Jayne Cortez (1934-2012) and Amiri Baraka Continue reading
Best Books of 2013
After 365 days of nonstop reading, writer and editor Clarence Reynolds has whittled his best books down to an exquisite nine titles. Let us know if you think he’s forgotten a book or two. Continue reading