Re-Reading Black Folktales by Julius Lester (1939-2018)
A few weeks ago, I re-read Black Folktales by Julius Lester, and posted a short review of it on goodreads.com. This morning I opened up yesterday’s New Y...
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😘To The African Book Addict!, With Love!
What are your ideas about being well-read? Do you consider yourself to be well-read? I was asked this question by Darkowaa, who hosts African Book Addict!, a wo...
Let’s Talk About Dandies! A Look at Shantrelle P. Lewis’s Dandy Lion: The Black Dandy and Street Style
As I flipped through the pages of Shantrelle P. Lewis’s Dandy Lion: The Black Dandy and Street Style, I recalled the black men of style I grew up seeing in Detr...
“My Friend Victoria”: Finding Value in Uncomfortable Readings & Viewings Part Two
PART TWO (Read PART ONE) The farther away I get from my first impressions of this story the more it becomes other things. Is this what happened when Jean Paul C...
“My Friend Victoria”: Finding Value in Uncomfortable Readings & Viewings
PART ONE I am having difficulty thinking about the film “My Friend Victoria” and the Doris Lessing novella “Victoria and the Staveneys,” from which the film was...
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“The Essential Self: Meditations On The Politics of Identity”
I have enjoyed many an hour in galleries, museums, and—quite frankly, folk’s homes and work spaces—looking at visual art, artifacts, photographs, maps, and what...
Tearful Reunion With Some Classics
Oh! How is your summer going? I also mean: goodness gracious but I hope you have had some fun and/or a vacation and things like that….! ….found myse...
Reading: Vibration Cooking or the Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl by Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor
Vibration Cooking or the Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl by Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor My rating: 4 of 5 stars (I had to read this groundbreaking book once I learn...
Soulful Nourishment: Getting A Whiff of Julie Dash’s New Project
This morning while reading one of my favorite blogs—Michael Twitty’s Afroculinaria—I learned about a very important project that I have to mention h...