Mosaic 33
Summer 2014 Interviews Chinelo Okparanta by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn Ifeona Fulani by Celesti Colds Fechter
Chinelo Okparanta: Interview
by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn “Some of my strongest memories of place today are still my memories of Nigeria. In my mind I can still see the road to my primary school, and I can tell you the placement of the headmistress’s office, and the patch of dusty earth where we stood for morning assemblies, or…
Caribbean presence at 2013 Brooklyn Book Fest | Repeating Islands
A post by Peter Jordens // Tequila Minsky (Caribbean Life News) and Lavern McDonald (Caribbean News Now) report on the Caribbean presence at the recent Brooklyn Books
Brooklyn Book Festival 2012
Under a gorgeous sky, the 2012 Brooklyn Book Festival presented it’s largest line up of authors, literati, and vendors. From the BKBF website: The Brooklyn Book Festival is the largest free literary event in New York City,
Ringshout at MoCADA
September 16, 2011 – With fall creeping in it was a perfect evening to launch “Bookends,” a series of readings, which served as a 4-day lead in to the Brooklyn Book Festival. As part of the BBF program, Ringshout, “a place for black literature,” hosted writers Catherine E. McKinley, Emily Raboteau, and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts –three…
Brooklyn Book Festival 2011
September 18, 2011 – Now in its sixth year, the Brooklyn Book Festival has become one of the premiere literary events in the country. Starting on the prior Thursday, BBF programmed readings throughout the borough, culminating with Sunday’s main event. Thousands of book lovers jammed multiple venues to hear some of their favorite authors read…
