When I was finishing up with Emerson College’s Publishing and Writing program, I took a novel writing workshop by the novelist Kim McLarin. Continue reading
James Baldwin’s Poetic Legacy | Beacon Broadside
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Issue 11
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Country Grammar
Poet Nikky Finney talks about her southern roots and the poetry she writes.
by Tara Betts
Criminal Minded
Before Walter Mosley, Colson Whitehead or Valerie Wilson Wesley there was Chester Himes. His novels have been signatures of Black crime noir novels.
by Michael Marsh Continue reading
Issue 8
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The Souls of Black Folk
Mosaic profiled nine writers who will make a difference in what we read for years to come: asha bandele, Brian Keith Jackson, Glenville Lovell, Shay Youngblood, Natasha Tarpley, Philippe Wamba, Joan Morgan-Murray, Farai Chideya, and Nikky Finney. Continue reading