Shady_Grady / http://www.theurbanpolitico.com

Book Reviews-A Song of Ice and Fire, The Butcher, The Tomb

A Song of Ice and Fireby George R.R. MartinA Song of Ice and Fire is the fantastic fiction series written by the author George R.R. Martin (GRRM), in which the first book is A Game of Thrones. He intends to write seven books in the series. The books in order after A Game of Thrones are A Clash Of . ... Read More...

drjelks / http://theblackbottom.com

Tuesday Poet: Demetrice Anntía Worley

Tuesday Poet: Demetrice Anntía Worley
Demetrice Anntía Worley was born and raised in Chicago—westside—and came of age in Central Illinois. She received a B.A. in English from Illinois State University and an M.A. in English from University of Illinois, Urbana. Dr. Worley is an associate professor of English at Bradley . . . ... Read More...

Francis L. Holland / http://democratic-afrosphere.blogspot.com

Sylvia Harris: "My Bipolar Life, and the Horses Who Saved Me"

Can Blacks have mental illnesses?I am certain that my older brother, Danny, died of bipolar/manic-depressive illness and the psychosis that so often accompanies the illness. I, too, have been diagnosed as manic-depressive or "hypo-manic" (kind of manic but not all the way out there)."Danny" . ... Read More...

The Janitor / http://www.theurbanpolitico.com

Book of the Month: "Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class"

"Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class"byLawrence Otis GrahamPer Publisher's Weekly:Graham, an African-American attorney, went undercover as a busboy at an all-white Connecticut country club and wrote about the experience first in New York magazine and then in Member of the . . . ... Read More...

elliottzetta / http://zettaelliott.wordpress.com

agony & ecstasy

Roots & Blues, Part 2! It’s been a long time coming, but I guarantee you this interview with illustrator R. Gregory Christie is worth the wait! If you missed Part 1 of this series, do take time to read poet Arnold Adoff’s thoughtful responses regarding the inspiration for his . . . ... Read More...

elliottzetta / http://zettaelliott.wordpress.com

The Ethical Author

In the summer of 2009 I got an unusual email from Amazon—not an advertisement or order confirmation, but a personal email. This message came from an acquisitions editor who had read my novel, A Wish After Midnight, which I self-published the year before. This editor said he loved the book ... Read More...

drjelks / http://theblackbottom.com

Tuesday Poet: Khadijah Queen

Tuesday Poet: Khadijah Queen
Khadijah Queen holds an MFA in creative writing from Antioch University Los Angeles. She is the author of a poetry collection, Conduit (Black Goat/Akashic 2008), and recent work appears or is forthcoming in jubilat, Tuesday: An Art Project, Fire and Ink: An Anthology of Social Action Writing . . . ... Read More...

Anna Renee / http://nachalooman.wordpress.com

Who Is The Man, Barack Obama (book excerpt 3)

I had gone for several interviews with Punahou’s admissions officer the previous summer.  She was a brisk, efficient-looking woman who didn’t seem fazed that my feet barely reached the floor as she grilled me on my career goals. After the ... Read More...