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Angel of Valentine Days and Nights: Editorial with Poem

Varieties of angels, like varieties of love, are many. It is therefore not too surprising that the angelic imagery utilized to help celebrate Valentine’s Day tends to range from innocent blushing cherubs to winged beauties swagged out in erotic creations worthy of placement in a Victoria’s Secret catalog. Valentine’s…

February 10, 2014
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Text and Meaning in T.J. Reddy’s Poems in One-Part Harmony (part 3 of 4)

Author Signe Waller explores the costs of love and freedom in the book LOVE & REVOLUTION. “…With endurance, laughter and a song these walls of injustice can be torn down, light can enter the rubble, the road to freedom can become more visible…” ––T.J. Reddy from the poem “We Are…

January 31, 2014
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Text and Meaning in T.J. Reddy’s Poems in One-Part Harmony (part 1 of 4)

“And the syndrome goes on; this is only a poem, wondering when to our senses we will come home.” ––T.J. Reddy (from A Poem About A Syndrome) Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific…

January 27, 2014
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Honoring the Life and Legacy of Amiri Baraka

Amiri Baraka with poems and mic in hand. (photo by Lynda Koolish) This story was first published as part 2 of the article “Two Literary Laureates Celebrated: Herta Muller and Amiri Baraka.” It is presented now to honor the life and legacy of the great African-American literary powerhouse Amiri Baraka…

January 11, 2014