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The Compassionate Poetic Genius of Gwendolyn Brooks

October 10, 2021

Welcome to the revised Part 3 of Poetic Traditions of Compassion and Creative Maladjustment. This revision is presented to correct technological difficulties encountered with the previous upload. Thank you for your patience and please enjoy the episode: June 7, 2017, marked the centennial of the birth of Gwendolyn Brooks, (she died December 2000), who in … More The Compassionate Poetic Genius of Gwendolyn Brooks

The Saving Grace of an Old School Strategy and Impulse

July 30, 2014

“What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy.” Author Salman Rushdie as formerly featured at Red Room. (photo graphic courtesy of the Internet Archive Wayback Machine) A lot of hearts passionate about reading, writing, publishing, and literary culture in general were broken July 3 when … More The Saving Grace of an Old School Strategy and Impulse

Kindle Edition of Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance Released – Bright Skylark Literary Productions

May 10, 2013

(embossed art rendering of Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance courtesy of Bright Skylark Lit Prods) Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, first published by Facts On File in 2003 and through Infobase Publishing in 2010, is now available as a Kindle Edition on Amazon and that is big news for a lot of good reasons. For … More Kindle Edition of Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance Released – Bright Skylark Literary Productions