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Three Strong Women by Marie NDiaye – NYTimes.com
Americans have a curiously limited vision of France. We may be wild about Chanel sunglasses, Vuitton handbags, Champagne or Paris in the spring, but when it comes to the kinds of contemporary French culture
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The Life and Legacy of Black Queer Literature
August 8, 2012 – I attended the panel “Live to Tell: The Life and Legacy of Black Queer Literature,” which was presented by the Black Gay & Lesbian Archive Program Series at the Schomburg Center for Research into Black Culture.
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Shane Allison: He Remembers | Lambda Literary
Shane Allison: He Remembers by Theodore Kerr “YOU HAVE TO DECIDE HOW HONEST YOU WANT TO BE IN YOUR WRITING: IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE IT IN YOUR DIARY OR PUT IT IN A BOOK.
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Caribbean Literary Salon
The inaugural Caribbean Literary Salon, hosted by Malika Booker (Guyana/Grenada), features acclaimed poet, playwright, journalist, novelist Jacob Ross (Grenada),
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Mosaic Literary Conference 2012
The Mosaic Literary Conference is an inspiring and unique grassroots conference planned, produced, and promoted in partnership with local cultural organizations and educators.
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Junot Diaz ‘This Is How You Lose Her:’ WSJ
Junot Diaz’s new book, This Is How You Lose Her, is coming out in September, but he says it feels like “selling a movie out of competition” because it’s a short-story collection and not, as most people seem to ask of him, his next novel.
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Uzodinma Iweala – The Morning News
Uzodinma Iweala by Robert Birnbaum Politics can be dangerous in some parts of Africa, but childhood can be even more risky. A conversation with Uzodinma Iweala about what’s breaking the continent apart—and what’s holding it together.
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Pear-blossoms and Mule-eyes: A Review of Rachel Eliza Griffiths’ Mule & Pear
Rachel Eliza Griffiths’ Mule & Pear: Review By Mecca Jamilah Sullivan This review first appeared in Cerise Press Vol 4. Issue 10 The black woman is “de mule uh de world.” So says the world-wise and work-weary Granny, Janie’s grandmother in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. In making this now famous declaration, Granny not only…
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The Millions: The Great Second-Half 2012 Book Preview
The Great Second-Half 2012 Book Preview 2012 has already been a rich year for books, with new novels from Toni Morrison, Richard Ford, and Hilary Mantel and essay collections from Marilynn Robinson and Jonathan Franzen, to name just a fraction of what we’ve featured, raved about, chewed on, and puzzled over so far.
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Chike and the River: Review
Chike and the River By Chinua Achebe Anchor Books Review by Deatra Haime Anderson Originally published in South Africa in 1966, Chinua Achebe’s children’s book Chike and the River finally makes its debut here in the United States. Part escapade, part fable, it is a simple but engaging story of 11-year old Chike who struggles…
