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Black Literature Finds Work II
Baldwin indeed returns although no conversation occurs yet between him and Shakur. However, Baldwin delivers another speech, before the...
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Jun 42 min read
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Black Literature Finds Work
On a recent episode of Raising Kanan , the character B-Rilla visits the book shop of Kenyatta, who emerges from the back reciting lines...
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Jun 43 min read
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His Name Is James*
Percival Everett’s James is the latest in a line of prominent novels by African Americans that features language and literacy struggles...
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Jun 43 min read
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On the Language Front*
Rough action on the language front as Donald Trump continues to fire directives from his right-wing playbook. First, he issued an...
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Jun 43 min read
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The Promise of Language
Author’s Note: The Promise of Language has a different purpose than my previous memoir writing, most notably Voices of the Self: A Study...
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Jan 261 min read
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Three Moments
In March 1969, the Fisk graduate made a literary splash in New York City as she promoted her new volume of poetry, Black Judgement ....
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Dec 10, 20242 min read
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Poet in Exile
While operating within a lifelong lyrical odyssey, his journey to build “roads of odes” (22), Sterling Plumpp checks in with his new...
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Nov 2, 20243 min read
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Postcards
I feel some type of way about certain kinds of electioneering. First off, they are using my first name, which I rarely use and never...
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Sep 30, 20242 min read
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Weird Discourse
As Republicans and Democrats agree, this election discourse is weird. For one, Republican pundits are shook. They know it’s impossible to...
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Aug 22, 20243 min read
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Kamala
I bet that Kamala Harris makes it through the storms of definitions and labels and arrives safely in the White House. Political enemies...
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Aug 18, 20243 min read
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Semple Analysis
“Glad to be out for convo and the coldest beer,” exclaimed Semple Jenkins, seated next to Boyd at their favorite bar. “Heat wave had me...
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Jul 12, 20242 min read
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B6 and the Tradition
By now, most media followers have heard about how the house was set afire, that is, the House Oversight Committee. Convened to discuss a...
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May 19, 20242 min read
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Golf and Race
Scottie Scheffler was arrested in Louisville for disobeying a detective’s traffic command and dragging him 30 feet, causing injuries....
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May 18, 20242 min read
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Creative Tradition
When my students and I read Sing, Unburied, Sing, we were aware that author Jesmyn Ward had Toni Morrison’s Beloved (which one or two...
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Apr 25, 20243 min read
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Check the Action
The success of the excellent movie American Fiction has brought renewed attention to Percival Everett’s Erasure, the 2001 novel on which...
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Mar 30, 20242 min read
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Hold Everything
When I saw a teenage Beyoncé play the lead in Carmen: A Hip Hopera, which was made for MTV, I figured there was no limit to how big a...
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Feb 20, 20242 min read
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Fresh Fresh
As I turned back into the Language Lane, I was reminded of the continual vibrancy of African American Language when I was watching the...
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Feb 5, 20242 min read
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Might Say
Unless it’s going to be all war all the time in the land of old Palestine, a political solution must be sought. That a viable one to...
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Oct 14, 20233 min read
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Champions
Reflecting on the World Athletics Championships recently concluded in Budapest, I find that I enjoyed a few of the language performances...
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Sep 16, 20234 min read
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Scary or Not?
I have been off the block too long. I admit to being confused when I saw that the boxer Shakur Stevenson called out fellow boxer Vasiliy...
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Aug 19, 20232 min read
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