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Poetic Traditions of Compassion and Creative Maladjustment (Part 3): Gwendolyn Brooks
Welcome to the third segment of Poetic Traditions of Compassion and Creative Maladjustment: June 7, 2017, marked the centennial of the birth of Gwendolyn Brooks, (she died December 2000), who in 1950 became the first African American–and at the time the youngest American–to win a Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Her…
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Songs from the Black Skylark zPed Music Player Pump up the Volume
There is some basis for describing Songs from the Black Skylark zPed Music Player as a southern Gothic rock and roll murder mystery. Yet there may be more reasons to consider it a mythopoeic love story in the mode of classic tales where heroes, and anti-heroes, attempt to challenge powers…
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When the Lyrical Muse Sings the Creative Pen Dances – Bright Skylark Literary Productions
If you’re a regular reader of my national African-American cultural arts column, you may have noticed that I have not been posting articles as frequently as I once did. The reason is simple enough. Having reached a certain point in the research for my current book-in-progress (at least one of…
Bridge of Silver Wings 2025 