To hear more about the incredible Errick Nunnally, please see his work on Amazon, and his story Penny Incomparable on the podcast Nightlight run by Tonia Ransom. You won’t regret … Continue reading June 2020 Book Review-Lightning Wears A Red Cape by Errick Nunnally
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To Our Black Fathers & Men
This is another year of celebrating Father’s Day, has come and gone. So much has happened, that on this month, you may not feel reverenced or important. You may feel … Continue reading To Our Black Fathers & Men
All The ‘Very Smart Brothas’, Writers, Filmmakers & Actors!
It is not secret that I love the duo of Damon Young and Panama Jackson whom call themselves Very Smart Brothas. They are handsome, dope, well-spoken, and here for all … Continue reading All The ‘Very Smart Brothas’, Writers, Filmmakers & Actors!
For The Little Black Boys That Had To Wait To See Themselves As Superheroes…
In my family, my father constantly quoted Obi Wan Kinobi to my mother: “I have been waiting for you Obi Wan. And now the circle is complete! When we met … Continue reading For The Little Black Boys That Had To Wait To See Themselves As Superheroes…
In The Remembering Of #GeorgeLloyd
Author Note: It has been 2 weeks since George Lloyd was murdered on camera on a Minneapolis street. The video will have no link here. Don’t look for it. It … Continue reading In The Remembering Of #GeorgeLloyd
April 2020 Book Review-Wild Seed By Octavia Butler
Imagine a woman so dynamic, so powerful that she can change her age, sex or even race? Part One of the book opens to with Doro, whom through is already … Continue reading April 2020 Book Review-Wild Seed By Octavia Butler
Black Girls Aren’t Allowed To Be Mad–They Are ‘Bitter’
This past semester, I graduated from my Alma Mater, UM-St. Louis (UMSL). At this university, I was blessed–yes, blessed!–to have taken my ENGL 3720: Literature After 1865. This class taught … Continue reading Black Girls Aren’t Allowed To Be Mad–They Are ‘Bitter’
RUNITBACK FRIDAY-02/28/2020
The coronavirus is spreading, the leader of the Free World doesn’t care about anything but neither do his underlings, babies are being born grumpy, NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson passed away, … Continue reading RUNITBACK FRIDAY-02/28/2020
28 (29) Days Of Blackness- The Literary Dynamo That Is Super Sidney Keys III
Aight, lemme brag on my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri for a minute. This young man right here–with all my St. Louis accent–RHETT HERRE! I am so amazed with, and … Continue reading 28 (29) Days Of Blackness- The Literary Dynamo That Is Super Sidney Keys III
28 (29) Days Of Blackness: The Power Of The Black Writer
Chloe Ardelia Wolford, known the world as the dynamic Toni Morrison, instructs those whom read and write to ‘decolonize the canon.’ When I came across this quote, I sat with … Continue reading 28 (29) Days Of Blackness: The Power Of The Black Writer
