in particular the line of...Me + Baldwin @ a beach in Long Island, Summer ’08. I Love Baldwin and it seems that every summer I return to his collection of essays published by the Library of America. What is the job of Black writers? The work? Baldwin addresses this in the essay “Notes for a Hypothetical Novel.” I like [...]
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The Job of Black Writers
Saturday, July 10th, 2010Musing on a [Lack of a] US Negro Agenda
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010I dedicate this to Latoya and Matthew. LaToya, write that post girl. Im waiting. Matthew, thank you encouraging me to write honest, from the get go. I think it was Chomsky who said that Democracies by their very nature are fragile. But then again, isn’t any democracy stable? Isn’t it fragile, delicate, tenuous and exceptional? [...]
Some Children Are Disposable
Monday, September 15th, 2008Because what is happening on the streets of Harlem to blackboys and girls is also happening on all America’s streets toeverybody. It’s a terrible delusion to think that any part of thisrepublic can be safe so long as 20,000,000 members of it aremenaced as they are. Th reality that I am trying to get at [...]
How to Survive in East Oakland
Monday, September 1st, 2008I spoke to my momma yesterday and apparently because of theslate of robberies in Oakland, the police have posted up outsideof one of my favorite restaurants, Mommas Royal Cafe.This place is amazing. Farm fresh eggs for avacado, tomatoand crab omelette’s, fresh salsa and Peerless coffee. Living in Oaklandthis past year, I have spent many a [...]
