Publishers Weekly cover from Dec 2009
The other day I was reading an interview with Ishmael Reed and he said some things about Black fiction that got me to thinking. The interview was with Jill Nelson for his new book, “Barack Obama and the Jim Crow Media: Return of the Nigger Breakers.” Tell me how you [...]
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The Hyper Marginalization of Black Fiction
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010Jay Dilla x Capitalism
Monday, February 8th, 2010My homie went to the Jay Dilla Tribute Party on Saturday night in BK.
He was on the line @ 12am.
There were people inside partying and on the line outside.
After waiting in line for 30 minutes, the bouncer told the folks on line,
“Only single women can be admitted, no [heterosexual] couples,
no single men.” (I would imagine [...]
The Future of {Urban} Magazine’s: Thoughts on Jeff Chang’s Vibe Roundtable
Monday, July 6th, 2009Last week, Jeff Chang posted a roundtable discussion with Alan Light, former Editor in Chief at Vibe and Raymond Roker,Founder of Urb Magazine.
Read the entire post here. It is fascinating because in many waysit is an organic conversation about journalism, capitalism, Vibe,and venture capital.
5 paragraphs in, Jeff gets cooking when he writes,
But by [...]
