Mosaic 42
April 2018 InterviewsNicole Sealey by Kyla Marshell Rosamond S. King by Anton Nimblett PoemsObject Permanence [FOR JOHN] by Nicole Sealey Instead of Executions, Think Death Erections by Nicole Sealey Virginia is for Lovers by Nicole Sealey the poem wet by Rosamond S. King The poem s t r e t c h e d out…
Nicole Sealey: Interview
by Kyla Marshell Throughout Nicole Sealey’s debut poetry collection, Ordinary Beast, there’s an idea that repeats and reverberates: death. The inevitability of our collective demise—and all the beauty we make “with our brief animation” (“Object Permanence”)—is the impulse that animates these poems. “Give me tonight to be inconsolable,/so the death drive does not declare//itself, so…
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
Kamilah Aisha Moon’s “She Has A Name” Book Party
Friday, November 8, 2013 – Much love and joy filled the room for Kamilah Aisha Moon’s first book of poetry “She Has A Name.” The party was hosted at Dumbo Sky in Brooklyn and all of the BK/NYC poetry scene was in attendance
What We Ask of Flesh: Review
What We Ask of Flesh by Remica L. Bingham Etruscan Press Review by Nicole Sealey Matthew 26:41 reads, “the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Mosaic 27
Issue 27 09/2011 Interview Tiphanie Yanique by Kim Coleman Foote Tara Betts by Nicole Sealey John Murillo by Adisa Vera Beatty Excerpt “The Saving Work” from How to Escape from a Leper Colony by Tiphanie Yanique Poetry When He Proposed by Tara Betts Belinda “Azucar” Gonzalez by Tara Betts Ode to Incense by Tara Betts Enter the Dragon/…
Tara Betts in Fort Greene Park
July 21, 2011 – As part of the GreenLeaf Jazz and Spoken Word series, http://fortgreenepark.org/, which happens every week in Fort Greene Park, BK NYC, poet Tara Betts joined The Charlie Burnham Trio for a mix of music and verse. The ensemble, performed several numbers before an appreciative and hot (98 degrees) crowd. View event…
Tara Betts: Interview
Tara Betts Interview with Nicole Sealey Named one of Essence magazine’s 40 Favorite Poets, alongside Gwendolyn Brooks, Lucille Clifton, Suheir Hammad, Tracey K. Smith and others, it is simply impossible not to like poet Tara Betts.
Mosaic 22
08/2008 The Transitional Voice of Walter Dean Myers by Ozioma EgwuonwuNikki Giovanni: Personal Politics by Nicole Sealey Poems by Nikki Giovanni Beautiful Black Men My First Memory (of Librarians) Excerpt Sunrise Over Falluja by Walter Dean Myers Editorial: A Friend I Did Know Phebus Etienne (1964-2007) Emerging From Silence by Randal Horton Reviews Ida: A Sword…
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…
