Musings… Tuesday evening I landed at Kennedy Airport in New York City to begin my journey toward 12~ 13~14: that will be the date this coming Saturday —the last sequential date for this century. </a
Category: The Skinny
Evoking His Name ~ Michael Brown: A Son of Ferguson, Missouri
Thanks Charina Nadura of Bill Moyers for bringing artist/activist Molly Crabapple’s video to my inbox. Nikky Finney says her responsibility as a poet, an artist is not to look away. We all have that responsibility as humans sharing this planet. It is devastatingly hard. Molly Crabapple did an astounding job using animation to depict the story… Continue reading Evoking His Name ~ Michael Brown: A Son of Ferguson, Missouri
Nikki and Nikky @ ASU in Albany, GA
This was very cool: How could the 1000 people who recently attended Albany State University’s 8th Annual Poetry Festival possibly process the enormity of the event: being in the same room with Nikki Giovanni and Nikky Finney? With Frank X Walker, Hoke Glover and Lita Hooper. Kudos to my mother, Irene Jones‘ alma mater and HBCUs everywhere.
Harry Belafonte Honored
The iconic Harry Belafonte, 87, received Oscars’ Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at 2014 Governors Awards, Saturday, November 8, 2014. As we might expect, his acceptance speech tells it like it was and is in Hollywood with regard to race. He ends by saying he wishes he could be around to see how it will be. Keep… Continue reading Harry Belafonte Honored
Blog’s 3rd Birthday and Reaching “The End”
Thank you, Dear Followers! I launched this blog on October 27, 2011. Appreciate you sticking with me—many of you for the past 3 years, 126 posts and 586 comments. And now, we have another reason to celebrate!…
Hello From Deep ” In the Zone”
I liken this to studying a new language and being ecstatic when you finally begin having dreams in that language: Yesterday when I saw a news report about the flooding in Tucson, I thought: “I should call Georgia and see if she’s okay”. Well… My protagonist in the novel, Fletcher Dukes, has 45-year-old twins named… Continue reading Hello From Deep ” In the Zone”
Revising At The Beach
STINSON BEACH, CA. As summer winds down, my September 15 deadline looms. Hence, I have to write wherever I go. Hope you are enjoying the last few weeks of summer…
“The Whitewashing of James Brown”
In the 60s James made being Black a badge of honor with the mega hit song: “Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud)”. So how can it be there’s not a single black person helping to tell his story in the new film Get On Up?
Our First Lady honors Dr. Maya
http://youtu.be/xVwWp5uSPAA
Maya Angelou talks with Dave Chappelle
A video gem: Iconoclasts, Part 2 of 4. Dave and Maya talk about their creative process, heroes and sheroes, the Civil Rights Era, and more…