Saeed Jones: Interview
by Danielle A. Jackson Prelude to Bruise is an airtight collection of visceral and stunning poems that coalesce into a narrative about Boy, a young, black gay man who leaves a stifling birthplace and abusive family dynamics for a freer life in a cosmopolitan city. A survivor of family violence, Boy brings his history with him,…
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Summer 2014 Interviews Chinelo Okparanta by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn Ifeona Fulani by Celesti Colds Fechter
Wendy S. Walters: Interview
by Justin Allen How might sonnets about a suburb’s past incite conversations on racism? While poetry may seem inadequate to many at achieving this feat, Wendy S. Walters’s Troy, Michigan
Afaa Michael Weaver: Interview
Afaa Michael Weaver by Randall Horton I first became familiar with Afaa Michael Weaver while immersed in an MFA program at Chicago State University through his poetry collection Talisman.
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
Opal Palmer Adisa: Interview
Healing Words: an Interview with Opal Palmer Adisa by D. Scot Miller Dr. Opal Palmer Adisa is a literary critic, renowned storyteller, author of thirteen books, and tenured professor at the California College of the Arts. She also does workshops on writing, using literature to examine sexism, racism, and homophobia. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… This interview originally appeared in Mosaic…
Chinyere Evelyn Uku with Thomas Sayers Ellis
An Interview with Chinyere Evelyn Uku by Thomas Sayers Ellis The cover image of Thomas Sayers Ellis’s Skin, Inc.: Identity Repair Poems features Ellis’s own black-and-white photograph of Chinyere Evelyn Uku, an African woman from Nigeria who has albinism. On the release of the paperback edition of Skin, Inc., Ellis conducted an interview with Uku about…
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Fall/Winter 2013 Interviews William Melvin Kelley by Steve Kemme Lorna Goodison by Clarence V. Reynolds Ayana Mathis by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn
Americanah: Review
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Alfred A. Knopf Review by Colleen Lutz Clemens It’s been four years since the 2009 publication of Chimamanda Adichie’s stunning short story collection The Things Around Your Neck.
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.”
