Robert LashleyinThe RiffFrankie Beverly: 1946–2024He looked like a brother you knew. He looked like a brother who fixed transmissions. He looked like he was the second chair at a…Sep 11Sep 11
Robert LashleyThe Night and My Dreams Both Let Me Know, All The Stars Are CloserThe brilliance in Albert Murray’s writing isn’t exactly where most dark wepundits say it is. Yet dear god, it’s there.Jul 16Jul 16
Robert LashleyIf saying this ends my career, then I don’t fucking want it anymore.On June 6th a child was murdered in Garfield High School. A little over a half mile down the road, the head of the African American writers…Jul 11Jul 11
Robert LashleyIn Defense Of Mean Black Lit GrandpaReview: Juneteenth and Three Days Before The Shooting, by Ralph Ellison.Jul 3Jul 3
Robert LashleyNovel Excerpt: Happy Am I?From “I Never Dreamed You’d Leave In Summer”, Robert Lashley’s critically acclaimed debut novel.Jul 1Jul 1
Robert LashleyRose Petals In Hell: Golden Boy DearestThe picture of Joel De La Hoya in The Golden Boy changes with each admitted lie of his reprehensible sonJun 9Jun 9
Robert LashleyRose Petals In Hell: The Beauty In Between The Horror Of Boxing.Floyd Mayweather made me quit liking the sport. Danny Garcia and Paulie Malinaggi made me understand to never quit caring about fighters.Jun 9Jun 9
Robert LashleyinAn Injustice!We Need To Have A Reckoning About Huey P Newton.You don't have to be a Trumper or member of the Dark Web to be sickened by The Big Cigar’s tinfoil leftist mythologizing of the Black…Jun 2Jun 2