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…
Best Books of 2014
BEST BOOKS OF 2014 by Clarence V. Reynolds Freelance editor and literary arbiter Clarence V. Reynolds reads five books per day, or was that per month.
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.
Patricia Spears Jones
by Rochelle Spencer Patricia Spears Jones is the recipient of the 2017 Jackson Poetry Prize About a month after 9/11, National Book Award recipient Lucille Clifton, in a reading at the New School with the poet Sonia Sanchez, shared a personal work-in-progress about the attacks –the powerful “a september song: a poem in 7 days.”…
Tim Seibles: Interview
Tim Seibles by Remica Bingham-Risher In October 2012, Tim Seibles finally got a bit of his due. His latest book of poems, Fast Animal, was nominated for the National Book Award, putting his work in the spotlight for the national audience many agree it deserves. When Tim Seibles fell headlong into poetry as an undergraduate…
Nikki Giovanni: Interview
Nikki Giovanni: Personal Politics by Nicole Sealey This interview originally appeared in Mosaic #22, August 2008 Arguably one of the most widely read poets of all time, Giovanni is, among other distinctions, the author of more than 30 books for both adults and children, the recipient of over twenty honorary degrees from national colleges and…
