One woman finds her past sitting across a room, and, against her better judgment, she starts down a path that goes against everything she is and ever has been. In the end, she will find rest and security only through the sacrifice of another.
A fictional story, written as a brilliant profile on one of the greatest and most misunderstood rock duos in history. Think Mick Jagger and Tina Turner - or Grace Jones + David Bowie. It interviews those responsible for Opal and Nev's rise to fame. Each producer, bandmate, and agent tell their side of who the two stars were and what role they played in the horrific event that led to a man's death and Opal and Nev's ostracization by industry insiders and wannabes for years to come.
Colson Whitehead Discusses His New Heist Themed Novel, Harlem Shuffle
- September 13, 2021
- Tagged as: Black Writers, Fiction
In Harlem Shuffle, Whitehead returns yet again to the city that made him. “I keep writing about New York because I haven’t figured it out yet. I owe it a great debt. It shaped who I am.”
This Thursday we're getting reLIT with a throwback to one of our favorite shows from season one!
Before finishing our discussion of Caste by Isabel Wilkerson, we're talking about the first black pilots who helped us all get flewed out. Never forget, they broke boundaries and shattered ceilings so that none of us would have to fly Spirit today. They were uppity in more ways than one, and we can't help but aspire to their level flyness.
It reminds us that no matter how embarrassed or angry we become by it, history does not change.
In a memoir about standing up and standing out, one writer-slash-fashion editor must weave her way through society’s expectations, cheating boyfriends, and the racism, sexism, and doing-too-much-ism of corporate before finding she needs none of it to be enough.
One researcher challenges us to re-examine our self-identity.
She explores how historical definitions of race continue to shape contemporary racial identities and lived experiences.
Through a series of interviews and profiles, we realize race isn't black and white.
In broad daylight, seemingly for no reason, an old man, recently widowed, shoots a young drug-dealing orphan in the head. What happens next involves nearly everyone, including the Blacks, Italians, in one dying Brooklyn neighborhood.
If you watch us on YouTube or follow us on IG, you know how much we loved reading The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson. This book made us sit with the matriarchs of our family...
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