This weekend in NYC culture: The 10th National Black Writers’ Conference
This weekend, the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn (along with new sponsor South End…
The Indypendent
This weekend, the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn (along with new sponsor South End…
The City of Monsters Confronts Its History: A Review of El Monstruo
El Monstruo: Dread and Redemption in Mexico City By John Ross Nation Books, 2009 When I was living in…
NYPD Memoir Expose: A Review of NYPD Confidential
NYPD Confidential: Power and Corruption in the Country’s Greatest Police Force By Leonard Levitt St. Martin’s Press, 2009 New…
Dances With Space Smurfs: A Review of Avatar
Avatar Directed by James Cameron Fox Movies, 2009 Under what rock have you been hiding to miss the storm…
A Faith-driven Renaissance: Performers Highlight Muslim Art and Culture
On Saturday, Jan. 23, a dozen musicians, comedians and spoken word artists teamed up at Harlem’s historic Apollo Theater…
The Great White Way Sees Red: A Review of Finian’s Rainbow and Zero Hour
Finian’s Rainbow Book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy Music by Burton Lane, Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg Zero Hour…
Feathers, Politics and Jazz Hands: A Review of Bailout: The Musical
Bailout: The Musical Written by Wreckio Ensemble Music and Lyrics by Will Larche Bailout: The Musical, says its collective…
Theory into Action: A Review of David Graeber’s Direct Action
Direct Action: An Ethnography By David Graeber AK Press, 2009 Social theory grows out of the sediment left behind…
Pimp my Planet: A Conversation with the Director of Owning the Weather
Geoengineering has become the subject of a great debate over whether we should consider a massive technological fix to…
The Sweetest Dream: Love, Lies & Assassination By Lillian Pollak Self-published, 2008 Few novels address the experience of Trotskyism…