Issue 26

Fall 2010

Interviews
R. Dwayne Betts by Abdul Ali
Jamel Shabazz by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn

Excerpt
A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison by R. Dwayne Betts

Reviews
The 5th Inning by E. Ethelbert Miller
One Big Happy Family: 18 Writers Talk About Polyamory, Open Adoption, Mixed Marriage, Househusbandry, Single Motherhood, and Other Realities of Truly Modern Love by Rebecca Walker
Rebel Yell by Alice Randall
Something Like Beautiful: One Single Mother’s Story by asha bandele
Big Machine by Victor LaValle

Photo Essay
Nkiru Books Bklyn by photographer Marcia E. Wilson
Nkiru was a mecca for Black scholars, writers, and artists. From 1995 through 1998, photographer Marcia E. Wilson documented many of the readings and events held at the literary spot.

Lesson Plans
for High-school Educators
Using Mosaic’s content as a foundation, these lesson plans give secondary-school educators a connective tool to explore educational subjects such as history and social studies while also serving to increase the importance of books and reading.