Published inAn Injustice!Nikki Giovanni: 1943–2024If she wasn’t “the people champion” as much as she was when she was young, she remained her people’s champion, and her Ali-like evolution…3d ago13d ago1
Blues For VidaAn ode to a once great pitcher who became an unfair symbol in the drug wars in the late 20th century.Dec 3Dec 3
Goethe Would Have Gone To Town On Greg HaugenGreg Haugen was a race-baiting hero of the Northwest extreme right until his brutal comeuppance against Julio Cesar Chavez. Hating his…Nov 27Nov 27
Published inThe 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
But Some Of Us Are Looking At The StarsThe 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
This is Might Not Get Us To The Promised Land, But I Pray To God You Stop Doing This Now.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
Mean Black Lit Grandpa MagicReview: Invisible Man, Juneteenth and Three Days Before The Shooting, by Ralph Ellison.Jul 3Jul 3
