Dec 20, 2021 | Literature, Women
Kamala Harris, Ibram X. Kendi and Others Mourn the Black Feminist Author “The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself,” bell hooks wrote in Communion: The Search for Female Love. “Learning to love our female...
Dec 13, 2021 | Books, Literature, Media
The past year has seen the release of Rice: A Savor the South Cookbook, by food historian Michael Twitty, Gullah Geechee cookbook Bress ‘n’ Nyam by Matthew Raiford, and Everyone’s Table by chef Gregory Gourdet, co-authored by JJ Goode. In September, Life Is What You...
Dec 13, 2021 | Culture, Literature, Media
On Friday, Dec. 3 – Dec. 5, visual arts enthusiasts attended the Los Angeles Comic Con 2021 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, in Downtown L.A. The convention is filled with artists and art fans for a one-of-a-kind experience where the primary focus is on...
Dec 6, 2021 | Books, Food & Beverage, Literature
Bryant Terry, born in Memphis, has built a career as vegan chef, cookbook author, activist and educator. Now he is making books with others. This year Ten Speed Press launched 4 Color Books, a new imprint with Terry as its editor-in-chief. His first project is...
Nov 29, 2021 | Books, Literature, Women
A Lansing woman says she’s filling a missing piece that’s needed in the Lansing Community, and that’s a bookstore full of African-American writers. Nyshell Lawrence is the owner of Socialight Society Bookshop. A trip to a bookstore in 2017 sparked her new idea, and in...
Nov 22, 2021 | Equity, Higher Education, Literature
A student activist group at the College of Wooster wants affirmative action in the writing and casting of plays in the university’s theatre department. The BIPOC Performing Arts Alliance’ demands for the private Ohio university were published in a November 12...
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