Rachel Eliza Griffiths: Interview
BY OPAL MOORE I have two copies of Miracle Arrhythmia (2010 Willow Books). I bought one; the other is signed, a gift to me by Rachel Eliza Griffiths. Somehow I don’t remember exactly how we met. Was it Kyla Marshell, poet and (at the time) Spelman College student and editor of Aunt Chloe: A Journal…
Lighting the Shadow: Review
Lighting the Shadow by Rachel Eliza Griffiths Four Way Books Khadijah Queen “Lighting the shadow, a woman / crawls out beneath her own war.” Thus lines 27 and 28 from the first poem in the book deliver both title and theme.
Mosaic 29
Fall/Winter 2013 Interviews William Melvin Kelley by Steve Kemme Lorna Goodison by Clarence V. Reynolds Ayana Mathis by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn
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…
Walter Dean Myers: Interview
The Transitional Voice of Walter Dean Myers by Ozioma Egwuonwu Originally appeared in Mosaic #22 August 2008 Walter Dean Myers, perhaps the most prolific writer of African-American young adult fiction, and Mosaic contributor Ozioma Egwuonwu chat about his new book Game, as well as pulling from personal experience to establish an authentic voice for the young…
