Tag Archives: black women
Review of The Chicken Chronicles by Alice Walker
The Chicken Chronicles by Alice Walker, 208pp. The New Press, 2012, $13.56 paperback Alice Walker’s The Chicken Chronicles’ full title is The Chicken Chronicles: Sitting with the Angels who have returned with My Memories: Glorious, Rufus, Gertrude Stein, Splendor, Hortensia, … Continue reading
Review of Chinelo Okparanta’s Happiness Like Water
Happiness Like Water by Chinelo Okparanta, 196 pp., Mariner Books 2013, $9.96 paperback I actually finished reading Chinelo Okparanta’s Happiness Like Water several weeks ago, but sat on the review, trying to gain some distance from the work. Let me begin … Continue reading
Review of God Help the Child: A Novel
God Help the Child: A Novel by Toni Morrison, 192 pp. Alfred A. Knopf 2015. $16.58 hardcover The ostensible protagonist of writer and critic Toni Morrison’s latest novel, God Help the Child, is Bride, a young woman who is described … Continue reading
“Swing Both Ways, Do You?”: Octavia Butler’s Shori as Liminal Transgressor
*This little essay has seen numerous iterations over the past five years. While the final product is by no means perfect, my hope is that it honors some of the amazing and brave work that Octavia Butler undertook during her lifetime to … Continue reading
CFP: Obsidian: Call and Response Experiments in Joy
Obsidian Special Issue CFP Call & Response Obsidian Call & Response: Experiments in Joy Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora supports—through publication and scholarly and critical inquiry—the poetry, fiction, drama/performance, visual and media art works of Africans everywhere. For … Continue reading
Ageless Woman
How young do you think she is? Meet this amazing 70 + year old woman who has been a raw vegan for over 25 years!! Ageless Woman One of my students sent me a link to a news program on … Continue reading
CFP: The Intellectual History of Black Women
Call for Papers on the Intellectual History of Black Women The Black Women’s Intellectual and Cultural History Collective (BWICH) is seeking paper submissions for a broad-ranging conference on black women’s contributions to black thought, political mobilization, creative work and gender … Continue reading
