Congratulations to 2015 Fellow Jacqueline Jones LaMon! She has been elected to serve as the next president of Cave Canem. From the Cave Canem Press Release: “She succeeds co-founder Toi Derricotte, who held the office from February 1997 to late September 2015. Derricotte will continue to serve on the board as a director. “A Cave […]
Recalling the Buffalo Soldiers, Black Heritage in the Woods Local columnist Desiree Cooper talks African American stereotypes when it comes to wilderness and the historic Buffalo Soldiers When’s the last time you visited a national park? If you’re African-American, the answer is likely to be “never.” According to the National Park Service, only 28 percent […]
Frightful Weather Outside (A You Tube Video) Brian Gilmore (as published in Fjords Review – Black American Special Edition 2015) 2006 Freddie Que dressed up as Santa Claus. Handing out small gifts to kids in one of the worst neighborhoods in the city. People around him passing by looking for a cocaine fix and there […]
No, you couldn’t be at Kimbilio 2015, but you can read the piece that Deesha shared at the Fellow’s reading: HOW CAN YOU BE MAD AT SOMEONE WHO’S DYING OF CANCER How can you be mad at someone who’s dying of cancer? It helps if you don’t yet know she’s dying, if you think the doctors are just […]
UNGRATEFUL, UNAFRAID Joanne wore a pink circle skirt and a ribbon in her hair the day her sister disappeared. She was proud of that skirt, proud that it came all the way from the sixties, dusty but intact in a plastic bag from the attic—booty from a weekend of endlessly ungrateful household chores. Read the full story here: […]
MILK TEETH So now she knew and it was done, and as the curves in the road rocked her in and out of the same bad dream she thought of him: of how rough he’d been with the woman at the wedding, of how surprised he’d been to see her, and then less so, and then resigned. […]
Baltimore: What Hasn’t Changed Steven H. Wright Amid a national epidemic of violence involving police officers and unarmed young black men, the city of Baltimore’s swift prosecution of six police in the alleged murder of Freddie Gray has been seen as a glimmer of hope. Following controversial grand jury decisions not to indict police in […]
Each year AWP offers three scholarships of $500 each to emerging writers who wish to attend a writers’ conference, center, retreat, festival, or residency. The scholarships are applied to fees for winners who attend one of the member programs in AWP’s Directory of Conferences & Centers. Winners and six finalists also receive a one-year individual membership […]
