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We Are the Earth Body
While taking a walk in my favorite park a few days ago I listened to the ecophilosopher, activist, and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy being interviewed by Tammy Simon on Sounds True podcast. Of the many gems that Macy dropped, one that … Continue reading
Review of Lesley Nneka Arimah’s What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky
I first learned of Lesley Nneka Arimah’s collection of short stories, What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky (2017) from Levar Burton’s brilliant podcast, Levar Burton Reads. I loved that even though the story that he read—the … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, African-American, culture, literature, review, Speculative Fiction, Writer
Tagged black and brown feminism, black feminism, black women, black women writers, Lesley Nnekah Arimah, levar burton, levar burton reads, science fiction, Speculative Fiction, what it means when a man falls from the sky, writers
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Review of Saidiya Hartman’s Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
I have long been familiar with Dr. Saidiya Hartman’s brilliance; first through Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery and Self-Making in Nineteenth Century America (1997) and then through Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Coast (2008). As a post-doc, I … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Octavia Butler!
Happy birthday Octavia Butler!! The genius writer Octavia Butler would have been 72 years today! An interview with Ms. Butler on “Transcending Boundaries” An NPR interview with Ms. Butler and an essay by her. She was the recipient of several … Continue reading
Posted in African-American, literature, Speculative Fiction
Tagged black women, creative writing, literature, Octavia Butler
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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
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Tagged African-American, Alice Walker, black women, memoir, review
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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
Posted in Africa
Tagged Africa, African Literature, black women, Chinelo Okparanta, creative writing, West Africa
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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
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Tagged African-American, black women, creative writing, God Help the Child, toni morrison
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