Tag: social justice

Election Day 2020: Democracy, Personal Whims, and Accountability – Conversations with the World 101

November 3, 2020

Welcome to Conversations with the World 101. Originally part of the virtual launch party for the book Greeting Flannery O’Connor at the Back Door of My Mind, this edited version is being presented as Americans head to the polls for Election Day 2020. This is what it’s all about: Quotations from my work in different … More Election Day 2020: Democracy, Personal Whims, and Accountability – Conversations with the World 101

Red Summer: Text and meaning in Claude McKay’s “If We Must Die” (part 1 of 4)

June 4, 2015

The summer of 2015 marks the 96th anniversary of the publication of Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay’s masterful poem, “If We Must Die.” This essay is presented in commemoration of that literary milestone and in remembrance of the extraordinary Red Summer of 1919 that inspired it. There were many good reasons to believe America had … More Red Summer: Text and meaning in Claude McKay’s “If We Must Die” (part 1 of 4)