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Linton Kwesi Johnson: Interview
Inglan Is A Bitch Nancy Rawlinson finds legendary dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson has not mellowed with age. Twenty years ago, a landmark album was released in the UK. Dread Beat An’ Blood was Linton Kwesi Johnson’s debut recording, the first time his political poetry had been accompanied by the powerful beats of reggae. This…
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Thomas Sayers Ellis: Interview
by Penny Dickerson Poet, essayist, and editor, Thomas Sayers Ellis is a literary threat. Harvard educated and a Brown University graduated; noted writer Elizabeth Alexander described him as, “One of our geniuses.”
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Raquel Rivera: Interview
Raquel Rivera Reflects on the Latino Connections to the Origins of Hip Hop by Ron Kavanaugh
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Nelly Rosario: Interview
by Angeli Rasbury In March, One Book One Bronx will read Nelly Rosario’s Song of the Water Saints at BronxArtSpace. By the time I had read the two songs that make up Song of the Water Saints by Nelly Rosario, I wanted another song, one that would take me back to the lyricism, history, and…
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Bakari Kitwana: Interview
Bakari Kitwana The Hip-Hop Generation: African American Youth in Crisis by Thabiti Lewis
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Nikky Finney: Interview
Nikky Finney, daughter of civil rights workers, sees herself playing with the hottest, blue tongue of the flame as a witness with a pencil to the struggles of Black people and her family in the South. Documentation of these struggles represents the bulk of her poetry collection, Rice (Sister Vision Press, 1995), and also finds…
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Natasha Tarpley: Interview
September 2019, One Book One Bronx will discuss the modern classic Girl in the Mirror: Three Generations of Black Women in Motion by Natasha Tarpley. Click here for details. Natasha Tarpley by Bridgette Gayle Natasha Tarpley’s memoir, Girl in the Mirror: Three Generations of Black Women in Motion, takes an intimate journey through her maternal…
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Elizabeth Nunez: Interview
By Renee Michel When Dr. Elizabeth Nunez was all of nine years old she entered in the Trinidad Guardian newspapers Tiny Tots writing contest.
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Jessica Care Moore: Interview
This is where the artist became entrepreneur. “People publish books and they just publish themselves.” explains Moore. “Instead of just publishing my book, I said, I’m going to incorporate my business. I’m going to get a logo, and I’m going to do it legitimate.”
