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
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BLOGROLL: Edwards Interviewed by The Books
Brent Hayes Edwards interviewed: The professor of English and author of Epistrophies discusses the literary works that sing out to him. Read: Books interview: Brent Hayes Edwards | THE Books
POETRY: Osbey on The Poem as History | Warscapes
Brenda Marie Osbey interviewed in 2013 on her long poem and slavery: "Well, the intent of the work itself isn’t to resist symbol or metaphor, but to reject outright the kind of figurative language that underplays the role of the extreme violence of slavery in the New World project. This specific passage addresses the obscene … Continue reading POETRY: Osbey on The Poem as History | Warscapes
VIDEO: Dave the Potter Excerpt: Field Cotton
Video below: "Honoring the history and creativity of an exceptional enslaved potter and poet, David Drake, through performance and poetry." Directed by: Dr. Lynnette Young Overby with Dr. P. Gabrielle Foreman
Sesay on Remembering Phillis Wheatley at @AAIHS
Chernoh Sesay Jr. on eighteenth-century poet Phillis Wheatley in history and memory: "After Wheatley’s death, black detractors have debated her significance at least since the late nineteenth century; however, the late twentieth-century emergence of Wheatley studies has evolved a debate about Wheatley that parallels, but also contrasts, mentions of her in broader public forums. The … Continue reading Sesay on Remembering Phillis Wheatley at @AAIHS
ARTICLE: Littlefield on History, Poetry, and Natasha Trethewey’s Native Guard
Daniel C. Littlefield, “Reflections on the History Behind the Poetry of Natasha Trethewey.” Historically Speaking 14, no. 1 (2013): 15–18. Natasha Trethewey, Native Guard: Poems. First Edition. Boston: Mariner Books, 2007. First paragraph: "Rita Dove, Pulitzer-Prize winner and former Poet Laureate of the United States as well as of the Commonwealth of Virginia, introduced the … Continue reading ARTICLE: Littlefield on History, Poetry, and Natasha Trethewey’s Native Guard
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