KG121 hours ago3 minCreative TraditionWhen my students and I read Sing, Unburied, Sing, we were aware that author Jesmyn Ward had Toni Morrison’s Beloved (which one or two...
KG1Mar 302 minCheck the ActionThe success of the excellent movie American Fiction has brought renewed attention to Percival Everett’s Erasure, the 2001 novel on which...
KG1Feb 202 minHold EverythingWhen 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...
KG1Feb 52 minFresh FreshAs I turned back into the Language Lane, I was reminded of the continual vibrancy of African American Language when I was watching the...