When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer and what does it mean to you to be a black writer in this society? I realized I wanted to be a writer when I was five and vowed to write stories like Wild, Wild West, but with a Black protagonist. To be aContinue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – BALOGUN OJETADE”
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – NISI SHAWL
When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer and what does it mean to you to be a black writer in this society? I first realized I *could* be a writer in the 1970s, after reading a bunch of feminist SF. I realized if Suzy McKee Charnas got away with saying whatContinue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – NISI SHAWL”
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – JD MASON
How do you best meet the challenge of juggling your day job (if applicable) and/or your family, against your writing career? Commitment is everything. I don’t making writing an afterthought. It’s as important as showing up in any other aspect of my life and making the time to do it is probably a bit moreContinue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW – JD MASON”
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW: DERRICK FERGUSON
Q: When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer and what does it mean to you to be a black writer in this society? A: I honestly can’t remember when I didn’t want to be a writer. Way back in the 6th grade I wrote Edgar Rice Burroughs inspired stories using myContinue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW: DERRICK FERGUSON”
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT: JOYCE LICORISH
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SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR DONALD GOINES
African American author, Donald Goines was born in Detroit, Michigan on December 15, 1936. He came from a middle-class background, where his parents ran a laundry business. According to stories told to him by his mother—Myrtle Goines—the family was descended from a sexual encounter between Jefferson Davis and a slave. At age 15, Goines liedContinue reading “SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR DONALD GOINES”
SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR CHESTER HIMES
Chester Bomar Himes was an African American writer born in Jefferson City, MS, on July 29, 1909. His parents were to Joseph Sandy Himes Sr. and Estelle Bomar Himes; his father was a peripatetic black college professor of industrial trades and his mother was a teacher at Scotia Seminary prior to marriage. At age twelve,Continue reading “SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR CHESTER HIMES”
BLACK HISTORY MONTH BOOK REVIEW #3
This is the last book review in conjunction with Black History Month and even though Black History Month ended yesterday, I am honored to review Isabel Wilkerson’s “The Warmth of Other Suns.” In keeping with the common thread throughout my February blog posts, I found it poignant that this book dealt with the Great Migration.Continue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH BOOK REVIEW #3”
A RECENT HISTORY OF BLACKS IN JOURNALISM
This is the final Black History Month blog post for 2013! The weekly posts were so well received that this is likely to become an annual occurrence, so thank you to all of you who liked the posts!I will be looking at blacks in journalism. Black journalists were largely only hired by black presses, whichContinue reading “A RECENT HISTORY OF BLACKS IN JOURNALISM”
THE HISTORY OF BLACK WRITERS IN POETRY, LITERARY FICTION & ROMANCE (PART TWO)
In this week’s blog post, I’m celebrating the rich history and influential accomplishments of black writers of poetry, literary fiction and romance. This is Part Two of a two-part post. Black writers continued to flourish even beyond The Harlem Renaissance and on into the Civil Right Era. During a time known as The Great Migration—whichContinue reading “THE HISTORY OF BLACK WRITERS IN POETRY, LITERARY FICTION & ROMANCE (PART TWO)”
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