Well, I’m back from my visit to Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts and reading from my Phillis Wheatley poetry book-in-progress, The Age of Phillis. Plus, I ate three lobster rolls while I was up there, and I’m not ashamed in the least. I’m telling you, those New Englanders know how to cook them some seafood. […]
Y’all might remember that a few days back, I gave you a link to a piece by a brother named Frank Leon Roberts, who broke the news about Morehouse College’s new dress code for the young black men who attend the school. I have to admit, my first thought about the dress code was, “It’s […]
I’m headed out of town on Sunday, October 25 for Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. On Monday, I’ll be giving a talk on my beloved Phillis Wheatley, and reading poems from my fourth book-in-progress, The Age of Phillis. I really hope some of y’all in the Northeast can come check me out. Click here for […]
My first “You Gotta Read This” feature is on Mythium, a brand new literary journal focusing on writers of color, founded by Crystal Wilkinson and Ron Davis. When I say you gotta read this, I’m serious as some gumbo from the French Quarter. Wait a minute: before you get turned off by the words “literary […]
Before you read any further, I should remind you that I am a womanist/black feminist. And for all you people who think that a “womanist” is something else than a “black feminist,” please read your copy of Alice Walker’s In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens. As a womanist/feminist, and thus, someone who believes in the […]
I have a new blog essay coming up (very, very soon), and I’m hoping you won’t want to miss it, but in this short meantime (while I try to finish a new poem and some pages on my novel) here are some links for you:
The DEADLINE for this is OCTOBER 15, 2009! (When they say, “Review of applications begins October 15, 2009,” they mean, get your stuff in by that day. You are not famous and they are not going to wait on you. So, you need to overnight your materials, alright?) Assistant Professor of Creative Writing (Fiction) The […]
Since this blog is brand new, this is the very first time I am issuing a notice for writers out there to “get their hustles on.” I hope to have a running series of Hustle Alerts, but if I miss something, you can visit Tayari Jones’s blog. Tayari is completely fabulous and has won many […]
Phillis Wheatley is someone I’ve been thinking about for the past two years. Believe it or not, I started the journey of writing a book-length series of poetry about her because of Don Imus. Remember him, the shriveled-up, rude geezer who referred to the members of the Rutgers University Women’s Basketball team of “nappy-headed hoes”? I do!