by Stephanie Dawkins The World Doesn’t Require You By Rion Amilcar Scott These terrifyingly funny stories set in a fictional Maryland town—including a daring novella about a disgraced professor plotting to upend a historically black university’s status quo—comprise not just a dynamic collection but a whole haven for misfits. Chances Are... By Richard ... Read the Post
Archives for August 13, 2019
The Wisdom of Toni Morrison: In Her Own Words
On life and death “We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives," she said during her 1993 Nobel Lecture. "If you wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down," she wrote in her novel Song of Solomon. On affection "When a kid walks in a room, your child or anybody else's child, does your face light up? That's ... Read the Post