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Tara Betts: Interview
Tara Betts Interview with Nicole Sealey Named one of Essence magazine’s 40 Favorite Poets, alongside Gwendolyn Brooks, Lucille Clifton, Suheir Hammad, Tracey K. Smith and others, it is simply impossible not to like poet Tara Betts.
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R. Dwayne Betts
Poet as Witness By Abdul Ali Imagine Portrait of an Artist meets the Autobiography of Malcolm X. Here the protagonist turns to books and prepares to meet the world outside of prison on his own terms—a world that doesn’t allow for redemption or keeping the past at bay. This is the major tension of the…
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Jamel Shabazz: Interview
Seeing Eye to Eye: Jamel Shabazz by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn Issue #26 9/2010 Jamel Shabazz: Black Documents Presented by Mosaic Magazine Opens November 25, 2017 Andrew Freedman Home Click here for details How would you feel if you could recall almost everyone that crossed your life’s path? If you could remember the conversations, and the…
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John Murillo: Interview
by Adisa Vera Beatty Afro-Chicano poet and playwright John Murillo has generated a great deal of excitement and praise from the likes of Junot Diaz and Yusef Komunyakaa for his premiere collection of poems, Up Jump The Boogie (Cypher Press, 2010). Currently he is the Jay C. and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellow at the Wisconsin…
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Tiphanie Yanique: Interview
Redefining Caribbean: A Conversation with Tiphanie Yanique By Kim Coleman Foote Boston Globe has identified St. Thomas-born Tiphanie Yanique as one of “16 up-and-comers who might make it big in 2010,” which comes as no surprise. Graywolf Press approached the 20-something Drew University professor with an offer to publish her first short story collection, How…
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Roger Bonair-Agard
On Sunday, May 15, 2011, Roger Bonair Agard welcomed folks from many of his varied camps –students, friends, family, teachers, and poets to hear him read and celebrate the launch of his sophomore effort, “Gully.” The title has many connotation: low part of a channel, the toughest area of the ghetto
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Chimamanda Adichie: Interview
by A. Naomi JacksonMosaic #17 – Winter 2007 She was born in Enugu and grew up in Nsukka; her father was Vice-Chancellor at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Before she had even undertaken her first degree, Adichie had already published a collection of poetry, Decisions, seen her play For Love of Biafra performed, and received…
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Bernice McFadden
Ten years ago, after the publication of her first book, Sugar, Pat Neblett interviewed Bernice McFadden for Mosaic. Twelve books later, Bernice remains an important voice in American literature. On a rainy spring evening photographer Marcia Wilson and I visited the author’s home in Brooklyn, NY to document an exclusive reading from her new book…
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Lawrence Hill: Interview
by Maranda Moses The fictional story of heroine Aminata Diallo’s harrowing journey through the Transatlantic Slave Trade has earned author Lawrence Hill bestseller status in his native Canada. Since the release of Someone Knows My Name, Hill has received a number of accolades for his book —his seventh among a bibliography of both fiction and nonfiction…
