Johanna Ortner on Harper in Commonplace: "Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s first book of poems had been considered lost to history for well over one hundred years. Johanna Ortner shares the tale of recovering this incredibly valuable text–and shares the text itself–with the readers of Common-place." Read: http://common-place.org/book/lost-no-more-recovering-frances-ellen-watkins-harpers-forest-leaves/
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BOOK: Miller on The French Atlantic Triangle
Christopher L. Miller, The French Atlantic Triangle: Literature and Culture of the Slave Trade (Durham: Duke University Press Books, 2008). "The French slave trade forced more than one million Africans across the Atlantic to the islands of the Caribbean. It enabled France to establish Saint-Domingue, the single richest colony on earth, and it connected France, … Continue reading BOOK: Miller on The French Atlantic Triangle
VIDEO: Rusert on Fugitive Science, Black Freedom and Early African American Culture
Britt Rusert on Left of Black: "Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal is joined in the by scholar and author Britt Rusert, author of Fugitive Science: Empiricism and Freedom in Early African American Culture (NYU Press), which Which Alondra Nelson has called “Groundbreaking Interdisciplinary Scholarship.” Rusert is Associate Professor of African American Studies in … Continue reading VIDEO: Rusert on Fugitive Science, Black Freedom and Early African American Culture
BLOGROLL: Dash Interview “DETOURS AND DISTANCE” (From 2012)
J. Michael Dash interviewed (in 2012) by the Public Archive on Haiti, Caribbean literature, and Édouard Glissant: "I remember reading recently that prophets are often defined by what they are not. I am not saying that Edouard Glissant was a prophet but he does represent an intellectual watershed in the Caribbean intellectual landscape. For the … Continue reading BLOGROLL: Dash Interview “DETOURS AND DISTANCE” (From 2012)
ARTICLES: SX Salon 27 on “The Brathwaite Effect”| Small Axe Project
Kelly Baker Josephs introduces the forum: "In her introduction to Zea Mexican Diary, Sandra Pouchet Paquet writes, “Kamau Brathwaite is foremost among modern Caribbean writers in versatility and scale of influence.” It is the question of the scale of Brathwaite’s influence that this issue of sx salon aims to capture in “The Brathwaite Effect,” a … Continue reading ARTICLES: SX Salon 27 on “The Brathwaite Effect”| Small Axe Project
DIGITAL: Daut Launches “La Gazette Royale d’Hayti”
Congratulations Marlene L. Daut on the launch of a new digital project - La Gazette Royale d'Hayti! Read more: "The La Gazette Royale project, which I first began to develop in 2014, is designed to gather together and in one place for the first time all of the known issues of the two newspapers published … Continue reading DIGITAL: Daut Launches “La Gazette Royale d’Hayti”
SOURCE: Teaching Theresa: A Haytien Tale (1827) | @CommonplaceJrnl
Just Teach One covered Theresa: A Haytien Tale (1827). Edited and introduced by Eric Gardner and Nicole Aljoe. TEI-encoded by Sarah Stanley. With contributions from Joycelyn Moody, Nicole Aljoe, Michael Dean, Adam Kotlarczyk, Brigitte Fielder, Ed White, Katy L. Chiles, Cassander L. Smith, Julie Buckner Armstrong, Britt Rusert, and Michelle Carrigan. Read the rest: http://jtoaa.common-place.org/welcome-to-just-teach-one-african-american/theresa-a-haytien-tale/
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