Lesley Arimah is a Kimbilio Fellow who, at the last minute was unable to attend the summer retreat. Her story “Who Will Greet You At Home” appears in the October 26 edition of The New Yorker. The yarn baby lasted a good month, emitting dry, cotton-soft gurgles and pooping little balls of lint, before Ogechi […]
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CORNROWS Lydia took the rat tail end of the comb and slid it over her daughter’s scalp. The hair’s thickness reminded Lydia of the blue wildrye that Rochelle had braided in the woods behind the domestic violence shelter where they currently lived. “Public art,” Rochelle had said about the closed lotus formation that emerged in […]
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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 […]
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The National Book Foundation has named Angela to it’s prestigious annual 5 UNDER 35 list. Congratulations Angela! Read More Here: http://www.nationalbook.org/5under35_2015_flournoy.html#.Vg6M5xO6feS
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2015 Kimbilio Faculty Member’s novel The Turner House has been longlisted for the National Book Award. Everyone in the Kimbilio family congratulates Angela for this well-deserved recognition.
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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 […]
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…by Melissa Moorer on THE TOAST “Jones’ poetry often invokes a sense of intimate nostalgia — a warm thirst for a moment or a place that was, or that could have been. The verses change pace on a dime. They vibrate.” — Jairo Ramos at NPR: Code Switch. “we tested our faith in stories of […]
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Congratulations to Kimbilio Faculty Member Angela Flournoy. Her terrific novel THE TURNER HOUSE has just been named to the Center for Fiction’s shortlist for the 2015 First Novel Prize.
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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 […]
Lesley Arimah in THE NEW YORKER
Lesley Arimah is a Kimbilio Fellow who, at the last minute was unable to attend the summer retreat. Her story “Who Will Greet You At Home” appears in the October 26 edition of The New Yorker. The yarn baby lasted a good month, emitting dry, cotton-soft gurgles and pooping little balls of lint, before Ogechi […]
A Story By Renee Simms in THE FEMINIST WIRE
CORNROWS Lydia took the rat tail end of the comb and slid it over her daughter’s scalp. The hair’s thickness reminded Lydia of the blue wildrye that Rochelle had braided in the woods behind the domestic violence shelter where they currently lived. “Public art,” Rochelle had said about the closed lotus formation that emerged in […]
Jacqueline Jones LaMon Named President of Cave Canem
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 […]
Kimbilio Congratulates Faculty Member Angela Flournoy
The National Book Foundation has named Angela to it’s prestigious annual 5 UNDER 35 list. Congratulations Angela! Read More Here: http://www.nationalbook.org/5under35_2015_flournoy.html#.Vg6M5xO6feS
Kimbilio on BK LIVE!
Angela Flournoy’s THE TURNER HOUSE selected for the NBA Longlist in Fiction
2015 Kimbilio Faculty Member’s novel The Turner House has been longlisted for the National Book Award. Everyone in the Kimbilio family congratulates Angela for this well-deserved recognition.
Desiree Cooper (’13, ’15) in BLAC
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 […]
THIS WRITER’S ON FIRE: Kima Jones (’14) Profiled
…by Melissa Moorer on THE TOAST “Jones’ poetry often invokes a sense of intimate nostalgia — a warm thirst for a moment or a place that was, or that could have been. The verses change pace on a dime. They vibrate.” — Jairo Ramos at NPR: Code Switch. “we tested our faith in stories of […]
THE TURNER HOUSE is a Finalist for the First Fiction Award
Congratulations to Kimbilio Faculty Member Angela Flournoy. Her terrific novel THE TURNER HOUSE has just been named to the Center for Fiction’s shortlist for the 2015 First Novel Prize.
Brian Gilmore (’14, ’15) in FJORDS REVIEW
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 […]