“Passion is never enough; neither is skill. But try. Forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don’t tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief’s wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear’s caul.” Toni Morrison… Continue reading Our Beloved’s in Paradise: Toni Morrison, February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019
Category: Authors and Books
Interviews with authors; book reviews
Edgar, “John Mars” and “Tarzan” Too: ECOF 2017’s Dallas Debut
In the year 1912, pulp fiction fan and one-time pencil-sharpener wholesaler, Edgar Rice Burroughs, became a writer in his spare time and created two of the world’s most iconic characters, space explorer “John Carter” and “John Clayton,” better known as the jungle-dwelling adventurer called Tarzan. Before his death in 1950, the Chicago native published over 80… Continue reading Edgar, “John Mars” and “Tarzan” Too: ECOF 2017’s Dallas Debut
“I Could Already Hear The Sirens.”
“When I got to Leonard’s Christmas Eve night, he had the Kentucky Headhunters turned way up over at his place, and they were singing ‘The Ballad of Davy Crockett,’ and Leonard, in kind of a Christmas celebration, was once again setting fire to the house next door. I wished he’d quit doing that. I’d helped… Continue reading “I Could Already Hear The Sirens.”
Book Review: “Back To Your Love” by Kianna Alexander (TDT Series)
“Imani willed her hands to stop shaking with everything in her. She couldn’t believe they’d run into Aaron Givens here. Her short encounter with his wife had been difficult enough to get through, but seeing him was almost impossible to take. And sitting here with Xavier, the timing was the worst it could have possibly… Continue reading Book Review: “Back To Your Love” by Kianna Alexander (TDT Series)
“Only Twenty-Five Percent of Books Written For Children of Color Also Have Authors of Color.”
Hidden Figures, the motion picture about three African-American female mathematicians who worked at NASA and became key factors in the success of our nation’s ‘Space Race’ in the 1960s, was an exceptional film that chronicled a trio of unsung heroines. Due to the film’s critical and financial success, two important feats were achieved; publicizing the… Continue reading “Only Twenty-Five Percent of Books Written For Children of Color Also Have Authors of Color.”