Tag: writers
What is Afrofuturism? An English Professor Explains
By Julian C. Chambliss, Michigan State University
The new sci-fi musical “Neptune Frost,” set in a Rwandan village constructed with computer parts, tells the story...
SDAAMFA’s 2022 “Keepers of the Culture” Celebration
By Darrel Wheeler, Contributing Writer
The newest award winners worth special recognition were Calvin Manson, Playwright, Producer, Director, and visual artist; Alyce Smith Cooper, Ancestral...
Amanda Gorman’s Poetry Shows Why Spoken Word Belongs in School
Kathleen M. Alley, Mississippi State University; Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Cornell University, and Wendy R. Williams, Arizona State University
Editor’s note: Not long after Amanda Gorman...
Poet Patricia Smith Wins $100,000 Lifetime Achievement Award
Associated Press
Patricia Smith has won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for lifetime achievement, a $100,000 honor presented by the Chicago-based Poetry Foundation.
Previous winners include...
Acclaimed Author Paule Marshall Remembered By Scholars
by Sarah Wood
Acclaimed author Paule Marshall, whose writings often reflected on her own heritage, the complexity of Black identities and racism, has died at...