VIDEO: Liza Jessie Peterson: Why We Should All Care About Mass Incarceration Culture & Ideas June 3, 2017
Wole Soyinka – Fall 2016 Scholar-in-Residence at NYU (FREE Film & Lectures – 10/3 to 10/7) Curtis Caesar John blog September 27, 2016 0Wole Soyinka, one of the lions of African and world literature, comes to NYU in a few weeks.
Being a Black Superhero – The Inspired Funeral for War Machine Curtis Caesar John blog August 15, 2016 0For some time now I’ve been itching to write about the Black presence in comic books. Full disclosure, I primarily...
“Flyboy 2: The Greg Tate Reader” launches on August 5 Lit July 23, 2016 0Longtime essayist and bandleader Greg Tate's forthcoming book collects thirty years of cultural criticism
READ IT: “Olio” by Tyehimba Jess Lit April 9, 2016 0New work from poet & renaissance man @tyehimbajess
LISTEN: “Minorities In Publishing” Podcast Features Bold As Love Magazine blog February 7, 2016 0@MinoritiesInPub (Jenn Baker photo credit: Lesley Pink) Last June, I created a list of podcasts I regularly listen to and...
Reality Check #5: Self-promotion isn’t about you, it’s about the work Kiini Ibura Salaam blog December 21, 2015 0.@kiiniibura on understanding the true purpose of self-promotion.
Reality Check #4: Money Won’t Appear Magically Kiini Ibura Salaam blog November 16, 2015 0@kiiniibura: "life is not a meritocracy" and what artists should do about it
Sundays @. . .Branded Saloon: October 25 Edition blog October 17, 2015 0.@racquelgoodison @thenaomijackson, Quincy Scott Jones & Jacqueline Johnson headline our October reading!
Reality Check #3: Productivity, as Much About Process as Product Kiini Ibura Salaam blog September 29, 2015 0.@KiiniIbura on why artists can't afford to think in terms of "ends".
Sundays @. . .Branded Saloon: The VONA/Voices Edition — 6/28 Lit June 25, 2015 0Our 3rd celebration of @voicesatvona. Because the organization and its writers are dope!