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One Book One Bronx: Begin Again by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
ONE BOOK ONE BRONX HOSTS FREE AND OPEN DISCUSSIONS FOCUSED ON A DIVERSE SELECTION OF BOOKS. UP NEXT… Begin Again is one of the great books on James Baldwin and a powerful reckoning with America’s ongoing failure to confront the lies it tells itself about race. Just as in Baldwin’s “after times,” argues Eddie S.…
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Another Country: Mosaic Literary Conference 2019
For complete details visit www.mosaiclitcon.com How would James Baldwin confront the ongoing environmental crisis that has disproportionately impacted the health and resiliency of Black lives; and what would be his expectations of writers, artists, politicians and all “relatively conscious” individuals during this critical period of time? In working with the James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center,…
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James Baldwin • Lesson Plan Workshop
There are many lenses through which to view literary great James Baldwin. This lesson plan workshop examines Baldwin the author activist and provide a historic context for young people to better understand that #BlackLivesMatter and #QueerLivesMatter are fresh iterations of centuries-long freedom struggles. Civil Rights struggles are as varied and diverse as the beautiful diversity…
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James Baldwin/Jesmyn Ward/Black History Month
In honor of Black History Month, this professional-development workshop will help participants and educators explore activist issues within the work of Jesmyn Ward and James Baldwin. With her fourth book, The Fire This Time, Ward has assembled a powerful collection of work by contemporary writers of African descent. Divided into three parts; Legacy, Reckoning, and…
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The Fire This Time: Lesson Plan
Click here to download the complete The Fire This Time lesson plan By Eisa Nefertari Ulen In 1963 James Baldwin published a seminal treatise on American race relations, The Fire Next Time. Baldwin’s two essay volume greatly influenced the mid-20th century Civil Rights Movement. In his January 31, 1963 review of The Fire Next Time, The New…
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Clint Smith: Interview
Clint Smith: Du Bois, Lineage, the Zombiepocalypse, and the Role of the Writer in Difficult Times by Elizabeth Acevedo With the recent release of his first collection of poetry, Counting Descent, Clint Smith and I had a chance to discuss his new book and his role in literature as a writer and researcher. Not only…
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Mosaic Literary Conference 2016
The Mosaic Literary Conference is a grassroots event and a great opportunity for the community, educators, students, program administrators, and parents to learn ways to integrate books and reading into the lives of teenagers. MLC offers a mix of informative programs and creative workshops to engage young minds, strengthen literacy, and develop education strategies. This year’s conference…
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Citizen by Claudia Rankine: Review
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine Graywolf Press Reviewed by Nicole Sealey Nothing Could Be More Normal: A Review of and Meditation on Claudia Rankine’s Citizen
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Black Body: Rereading James Baldwin’s “Stranger in the Village” – The New Yorker
by Teju Cole Then the bus began driving into clouds, and between one cloud and the next we caught glimpses of the town below. It was suppertime and the town was a constellation of yellow points.
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James Baldwin’s Poetic Legacy | Beacon Broadside
When I was finishing up with Emerson College’s Publishing and Writing program, I took a novel writing workshop by the novelist Kim McLarin.
