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Marcia Douglas: Interview
The Power To Multiply: An Interview with Marcia Douglas By Opal Palmer Adisa Marcia Douglas is one of the most innovative writers in the Caribbean. Her work is a tapestry of past, present, history and myth and folklore and spirituality –a humane message for the future. This is very evident in her latest work, The…
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Javaka Steptoe: Interview
by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie Words like courage, resistance, legacy, or mission don’t always come to mind when readers think of children’s books, but since the late 60s, Black children’s book authors and illustrators have been creating work that subtly and boldly inspires readers to reenvision what we think children’s books are and can be. It wasn’t…
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Clint Smith: Interview
Clint Smith: Du Bois, Lineage, the Zombiepocalypse, and the Role of the Writer in Difficult Times by Elizabeth Acevedo With the recent release of his first collection of poetry, Counting Descent, Clint Smith and I had a chance to discuss his new book and his role in literature as a writer and researcher. Not only…
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Nicole Dennis-Benn: Interview
I’ll refer to James Baldwin who says the role of an artist is to illuminate the darkness—as difficult as it may be—in order to create a better world. The healing comes with the dialogue the work incites—the changed attitudes toward a certain group when they are humanized on the page; the efforts to do something…
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Matthew Shenoda: Interview
A Space for Creatives in 21st Century Activism An Interview with Matthew Shenoda by Negesti Kaudo What is the role of art, literature, and creative writing in today’s society, especially with concerns to activism, politics and social justice? The intersection of art and activism within the literary and creative writing communities is on the rise with…
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John Keene: Interview
by D. Scot Miller John R. Keene was born in St. Louis in 1965. He graduated from the St. Louis Priory School, Harvard College, and New York University, where he was a New York Times Fellow. A longtime member of the Dark Room Writers Collective of Cambridge and Boston, and a Graduate Fellow of Cave…
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Kalisha Buckhanon: Interview
With the release of her new book, Solemn, we revisit Kalisha Buckhanon’s interview with Tara Betts, which appeared in Mosaic #23 in fall 2008. ——————————————- When I was growing up in Kankakee, Illinois, Kalisha Buckhanon and I crossed paths in so many ways. We were both looking for ways to accomplish something. When I was…
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Amina Gautier: Interview
by Julia Brown My first memory of Amina Gautier involves seeing her across a cafeteria lunch table in Taos, New Mexico. It was 2013, in the inaugural summer of the Kimbilio workshop for African-American writers. At lunch that day, I listened as Gautier theorized aloud about the fundamental differences between native New Yorkers and city…
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Amanda Johnston: Interview
Amanda Johnston: Black Poets Speak Out by Wendy S. Walters During the summer I conducted a Q&A with Amanda Johnston of Black Poets Speak Out, a social justice intervention and collaborative video performance project, about the project’s impact and future ambitions. When we were a little more than halfway through this inquiry, which we had…
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Mecca Jamilah Sullivan: Interview
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan’s collection unfolds like a letter bestowed by an elder who has kept certain secrets at bay until the reader is old enough, mature enough to receive it, appreciate it.
