Bernice L. McFadden & Courttia Newland
February 20, 2013 – In celebration of Black History Month, I (wearing my Mosaic Literary Magazine publisher hat)
Ayana Mathis: Interview
by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn Ayana Mathis has an innocence about her that makes it hard for other writers to envy her success. Unlike other writers who list names of literary journals they’ve published in, Ayana quietly worked under the radar
Blackgirl Mansion Reading
October 26, 2012 – Earlier this year I wrote about a poetry event presented at the Brooklyn Museum, which brought together many of the poets who forged the open mic scene of the 90s. Optimistically, I wrote of the post-Brooklyn Moon generation “Young peeps are writing poetry and rhymes, creating new temples that will have equal…
Kingston Noir Book Party at Greenlight
June 13, 2012 – Colin Channer held court at Greenlight Bookstore, BKNYC, as friends and family gathered to celebrated his newly edited book Kingston Noir. Part of Akashic Books’ “Noir” series, the latest iteration takes place on Jamaica and features writers Christopher John Farley, Patricia Powell, Thomas Glave, and Colin Channer among others. Click here http://amzn.to/LxR9ux for…
Kevin Young
Friday, March 4; poet Kevin Young read from his new book “Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels.”
Teju Cole at Greenlight Bookstore
February, 24, 2011 @Greenlight Bookstore Bklyn NYC -Teju Cole, author of the critically received “Open City” read before an audience of numerous friends and many new fans. “In other words, it is an ongoing reverie in the tradition of W.G. Sebald or Nicholson Baker, but with the welcome interruptions of the friends
