Dennis Da-ala Mirilla “I am a storyteller,” If you go on any of the art-generating AI engines, Disco Diffusion, Stable Diffusion, MidJourney etc., and insert similar prompts, the odds are...
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Charles J. Shields on the Profound and Playful Friendship Between Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin “Baldwin loved her caustic wit.” During that year of intense writing and rewriting, Hansberry became...
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This Black woman is manifesting the future of Black girls in STEM through her work as an author. Ohio native and author Valerie Thompkins is using her gift of writing to encourage the youth...
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by ALEX GREENBERGER Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa, an artist whose research on the legacies of colonialism in post-independence Africa brought her a growing international following, died at 46 on January 3. Her...
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by CARRIE N. BAKER “Dorothy defined herself as a feminist but rooted her feminism in her experience and in more fundamental needs for safety, food, shelter and child care,” says Laura...
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Baroness Lawrence@DLawrenceOBE Baroness Benjamin’s latest memoir is a refreshing and timely reflection on the evolution of Black life in Britain from the 1960s to today I, like many mothers in...
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WRITTEN BY KEENAN "HIGZ" HIGGINS The majority of us know it as “breakdancing,” but any real b-boy or b-girl will politely school you on the fact that it’s actually just BREAKING. Decades...
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Finding resolution and healing through storytelling: An interview with Eli Anderson By John Stevenson Speaking to Jerome Brooks in 1994 (‘The Art of Fiction’ published in The Paris Review) the...
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By Jenna Campbell "We have to make our own luck and roll up our sleeves. That is what encouraged me to write plays and put on shows, and I’ve been...
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Extremely happy that I can confidently have an Afro hairstyle at an important event and royal visit earlier this year. World Afro Day celebrates the afro and all other hairstyles...
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