One of literature’s most famous pugilist finally rests.
I never met the man and won’t claim to be the world’s greatest Mailer scholar, but I admired the hell out of his work and career.
Even if he tended to dip deep much into the art of spectacle, it was with a sheer force of personality [...]
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The Arkivest: Chester Himes and Black Futurism
Posted in Arkivest, Books, Profiles, tagged Afrofuturism, Black Futurism, Chester Himes, d. scot miller on November 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Arkivest: Chester Himes
-d. scot miller
When reviewing the prolific life of Chester Himes the first lesson to learn is that as Black artists, we are the world-walkers. The second is as Black writers we are the scribes of the jubilee apocalypse.
With sixteen novels covering thirty-two years of professional writing, [...]
Eulipia Performance Salon 1st Anniversary Finale Gala
Posted in Art, Books, Media, Promotions, San Francisco, tagged Art, Jazz, Music, Performance, Poetry, Puppets on October 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Eulipia Performance Salon 1st Anniversary Finale Gala
October 2nd, 8PM (sharp)
Walter Kitundu
Please join us for this night of celebration and reflection.
Since October 2006, Eulipa/Knot Frum Hear has featured some of the Bay’s innovators in the worlds of word and music and continues to explore alternative spaces through performance, sound, and vision.
Russell Simmons: “Do You!”
Posted in Books, News, tagged "Do you", "Russell Simmons" on September 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Happiness, Success, Hip Hop
By Kwan Booth (May 28, 2007-Oakland Post)
Last Tuesday in a scene that resembled a southern baptist revival, Russell Simmons, the hip hop entrepreneur behind Def Jam Records, Def Comedy Jam and Phat Farm Clothing, shared the secrets of his success with over 200 people as they skimmed copies of his new book [...]
Nathaniel Mackey wins National Book Award
Posted in Books, News, tagged "Nathaniel Mackey", "National Book Award", "Splay Anthem" on September 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Nathaniel Mackey wins National Book Award
By Kwan Booth (November 22, 2006-Oakland Post)
Staff Writer
In a turn of poetic justice, African American poet Nathaniel Mackey has been awarded the 2006 National Book Award for his latest poetry collection, “Splay Anthem.” With the distinction, Mackey joins a short list of black writers including poets Ai and Lucille [...]
Dancing with Language: The Poems of Quincy Troupe
Posted in Books, Reviews, tagged "Quincy Troupe", "The Architecture of Language" on September 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Dancing with Language: The Poems of Quincy Troupe
By Kwan Booth (April 15, 2007-Whatchusay.com)
For the over 30 years, the poet, professor, biographer and memoirist Quincy Troupe has been fooling around with words. From 1972’s “Embry” to the 1996’s “Avalanche” and up through his current volume, Troupe has made a career of reinterpreting the musicality in language. [...]
