My Black History Month hero is my mother-in-law Loree Murray. She died in 2009 after a long life of service to her community and love of her family. Unofficially dubbed the “mayor” on Northeast Washington, D.C. in the area near…
As I look forward to the new year and prepare myself for it I have a number of “practices” that serve me well. Although I am often haphazard and inconsistent in my journaling, I do write furiously on its pages…
Fiction Behold The Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue Balm by Dolen Perkins Valdez Nonfiction Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Power by Joel Bakan What I read and teach again and again Ball Over But the…
The new and refreshing crop of domestic dramas, comedies, and independent films presenting a nuanced portrait of Black life that have debuted over the last year herald a bold new vision of what popular culture can do. For the first…
Three days after the election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States I spent a weekend with a group of professionals seeking to learn more about writing. The atmosphere was one where many in attendance felt…
