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 18
- 3 min
Kamala
I bet that Kamala Harris makes it through the storms of definitions and labels and arrives safely in the White House. Political enemies...
KG1
- Jul 12
- 2 min
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...
KG1
- May 19
- 2 min
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...
KG1
- May 18
- 2 min
Golf and Race
Scottie Scheffler was arrested in Louisville for disobeying a detective’s traffic command and dragging him 30 feet, causing injuries....
KG1
- Apr 25
- 3 min
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...
KG1
- Mar 30
- 2 min
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...
KG1
- Feb 20
- 2 min
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...
KG1
- Feb 5
- 2 min
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...
KG1
- Oct 14, 2023
- 3 min
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...
KG1
- Sep 16, 2023
- 4 min
Champions
Reflecting on the World Athletics Championships recently concluded in Budapest, I find that I enjoyed a few of the language performances...
KG1
- Aug 19, 2023
- 2 min
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...
KG1
- Aug 19, 2023
- 2 min
Semple Soliloquy on Montgomery
The fuss fading over the Brawl in Montgomery. The rap song been made by Gmac Cash. Jokes told. Names handed out to the Alabama Avengers...
KG1
- Jul 21, 2023
- 2 min
Political No-Brainer?
Today, Chris Wallace reminded me why, besides the Trump fetish they pretend not to have, I watch CNN less and less these days. While...
KG1
- Jul 3, 2023
- 2 min
Deep Democracy
After Cornel West announced his quest to run for president as the Green Party nominee, he mentioned in several interviews the idea of...
KG1
- Jun 1, 2023
- 2 min
Traffic Stop Language
Eugenia Rho and her research colleagues have demonstrated in a recent study that the verbal approach of officers during vehicle stops of...
KG1
- May 21, 2023
- 3 min
Always Another
At times, you have been asked which prior literary scene you would want to visit. Some expect you to say the Harlem Renaissance, a...
KG1
- May 15, 2023
- 2 min
Brussels
Back in 1974, May 23 to be exact, I translated Pablo Neruda’s “Bruselas,” or “Brussels.” Of all that I’ve done, of all that I’ve lost, Of...
KG1
- Feb 28, 2023
- 3 min
Margaret Walker Biography
If you wait twenty years for something, you figure the payoff should be special. It is indeed if you read Maryemma Graham’s massive...
KG1
- Feb 28, 2023
- 1 min
Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) by Mudiwa Pettus
Some of My Favorite CCCC 2023 Moments that Ain’t Got Nothing to Do with the Formal Program 1.) When members of the Black Caucus...
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