Tag: Langston Hughes

5 Ways to be Geniuses Together: Celebrating Ja Jahannes

July 13, 2015

“Unless we learn” quote by Ja A. Jahannes (with art graphic by Postered Poetics) One self-penned definition of the word genius is: a focused intensification of individual intelligence resulting in works of exemplary creativity, visionary leadership, or uncommon spiritual depth and beauty. This definition is perhaps a fitting one to describe much of the life … More 5 Ways to be Geniuses Together: Celebrating Ja Jahannes

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

January 27, 2014

“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 cultural arts movements. The recently-deceased  … More Text and Meaning in T.J. Reddy’s Poems in One-Part Harmony (part 1 of 4)

Harlem Renaissance Dialogues: Writing and Living Black History

February 14, 2010

(Black Heritage Stamp featuring Harlem Renaissance icon Paul Robeson) Following the publication of Facts on File’s Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance by Sandra L. West, with a foreword by Clement Alexander Price, in 2003, a number of dialogues got underway about the famous 1920s to 1940s cultural movement. These dialogues have taken the forms of … More Harlem Renaissance Dialogues: Writing and Living Black History