The House Where My Soul Lives, a Biography of Margaret Walker by Maryemma Graham
Review copyright 2023 by Alice Walker This biography of the extraordinary writer, poet, humanist and scholar Margaret Walker (Alexander) is one for the ages. It is unlikely there will ever be an offering…
Angela Davis
Angela Davis and her mother Sallye Davis,1944 Happy Birthday Beloved Angela! Never missing From the ranks Of those Who believe In what is just, And are prepared To…
Emma Goldman is not sticking! Alas. But her words conjure her spirit ~aw.
Emma Goldman in the garb of the “New Woman,” turn of the 20th century (IISH). An image of Emma Goldman is not sticking! Alas. But her words conjure her spirit. ~aw. As…
I may never get to the end of Tyler Perry’s The Haves and the Have Nots
I may never get to the end of Tyler Perry’s The Haves and the Have Nots, produced by OWN, Oprah Winfrey’s Network; I have paused at many “middles” of this epic drama in…
Celebrating the brave, brilliant, and beautiful, Arundhati Roy & Pratibha Parmar’s upcoming film, My Name is Andrea
Alice Walker, Arundhati Roy, and Pratibha Parmar. Photo by Vaschelle Andre April 12, 2022/ /Berkeley, Ca. Celebrating the brave, brilliant, and beautiful, Arundhati Roy, in town to tell us about the trials and…
Dave Chappelle
Amo A Dave Chapelle I love Dave Chappelle a wild free twinkle in Earth’s great eye.~aw Martin would have laughed; Malcolm X, Moms Mabley, Che, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Maya Angelou…
High on the Hog, Braiding Sweetgrass, The Moor’s Account
Stephen Satterfield High On The Hog is one of many distinct gifts to our growth and enlightenment during this peculiar time of angst and confusion. I watched it with a niece whose father,…
