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
Tag: black writers matter
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
RUNITBACK FRIDAY-11/01/2019
It’s All Saints Day, and we survived Halloween—cuffing the candy tax from the kids as custom allows. Meanwhile, the Impeachment vote happened, John “Pops” Witherspoon died (How Lord?!), HARRIET is … Continue reading RUNITBACK FRIDAY-11/01/2019
We Have Surrendered To The Air
At age 88, Chloe Ardelia Wofford, known through the world and its universes as Toni Morrison, has passed away. It feels right that this piece, that her passing, has happened … Continue reading We Have Surrendered To The Air
