Mosaic 28
Issue 28 Fall 2012 Interviews Caryl Phillips by Clarence V. Reynolds Camille T. Dungy by L’Oréal Snell Andrea Levy by Tracey L. Walters Excerpts Color Me English: Thoughts About Migrations and Belonging Before and After 9/11 by Caryl Phillips The Long Song by Andrea Levy Poems by Camille T. Dungy Maybe Tuesday Will Be My…
Blackgirl Mansion Reading
October 26, 2012 – Earlier this year I wrote about a poetry event presented at the Brooklyn Museum, which brought together many of the poets who forged the open mic scene of the 90s. Optimistically, I wrote of the post-Brooklyn Moon generation “Young peeps are writing poetry and rhymes, creating new temples that will have equal…
Carl Hancock Rux at MLC2012
Join us on November 9 & 10, 2012, for The Mosaic Literary Conference. MLC2012 is a great opportunity for teachers, admins, and parents to learn about blending books and reading into the lives of teenagers.
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.
Liza Jessie Peterson: Art In America
AFRO Diaries -Art In America Posted by Alexis Caputo African-Americans continue to diarize and seek ways to use our voices for cultural and community expression.
Caribbean Literary Salon
The inaugural Caribbean Literary Salon, hosted by Malika Booker (Guyana/Grenada), features acclaimed poet, playwright, journalist, novelist Jacob Ross (Grenada),
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.
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…
