Friends -- This post ends this iteration of the coloring books project -- which was my concerted attempt to read, watch, listen to, and learn about artists and intellectuals of color and post about those artistic efforts and those cultural spaces during the year of 2015. That concerted attempt will not end, because if I've … Continue reading 01/01/16 — coloring books 2015 finale
Category: Art and Literature
Amazing Memoirs by women of color!
I don't know about you but I want all these books for Chanukah/Christmas/Kwanzaa/Solstice! Take a look at this list:http://bookriot.com/2015/12/10/memoirs-women-color/
Beautiful translators — China trip, 2 — coloring books 2015
We want to be in charge of our speech. Those of us who work with words for a living -- we want to control the message, the input and output of words, dancing themselves out in lines that kickstep from left to right, even when spoken. The lexography of the Roman alphabet. Caesar writing "veni, … Continue reading Beautiful translators — China trip, 2 — coloring books 2015
visit to china 1 — ghost steps — November 21 2015 coloring books project
"Oh," he said, when I told him I'd fallen on the stairs of the creative writing center at The College of Mobile Telecommunications Chonqing. "I forgot to tell you about the ghost steps." "Is that why I kept on tripping and slipping?" I asked him. "Is this why there were thresholds on top of thresholds … Continue reading visit to china 1 — ghost steps — November 21 2015 coloring books project
PRC here we come!
Friends -- I'll be visiting the People's Republic of China for the first time. Stay tuned for a report on my return.
a quick, somewhat silly mini-tour of some recent Chinese movies and tv — coloring books
Friends -- I am going to the PRC in a little less than a month, and as I scramble to acquire enough Mandarin phrases to amuse my hosts, I thought I would take a look at some recent tv and cinema coming out of China. I have watched the following: Empresses in the Palace -- … Continue reading a quick, somewhat silly mini-tour of some recent Chinese movies and tv — coloring books
Wyl Villacres, “Dear White People in my MFA Program” and commentary — coloring books project 2015
Friends -- I was just about to post a piece on satire, where I talk about the ways in which satiric writing has become a problematic mode of address for white writers trying to be "edgy" -- when lo and behold, here appears a great example of a satiric essay, written from a POC perspective. … Continue reading Wyl Villacres, “Dear White People in my MFA Program” and commentary — coloring books project 2015
Let’s talk story! — Ryka Aoki’s magic, joyous novel He Mele a Hilo — (coloring books project 2015)
Friends – There’s a lot of dystopian fiction out there. We see it in fantasy. We see it in SF. We see it on tv. Some of it is fabulous. But having looked at and read dark non-realist fiction for at least 30 years, I think I’m ready for something else. That something else can … Continue reading Let’s talk story! — Ryka Aoki’s magic, joyous novel He Mele a Hilo — (coloring books project 2015)
last friday of august poetry — (coloring books project 2015)
friends -- trundling through facebook i came across an amazing poet. i'll try to post poets i discover from time to time on a friday. please check out the work of this extraordinarily talented person by the name of Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo. thank you and happy weekend. XOCHITL-JULISA BERMEJO
“secret garden” — cinderella meets selfridge’s meets the metamorphosis meets Shakespeare in Korean — coloring books project 2015
Friends of the magically real -- I have a confession to make. I am watching a 20 episode long Korean tv serial for the second time. And I'm making my husband watch it with me. Again. Yes, Secret Garden is THAT good. "What?" I hear you saying. "You mean you're watching a SOAP OPERA?" Just … Continue reading “secret garden” — cinderella meets selfridge’s meets the metamorphosis meets Shakespeare in Korean — coloring books project 2015
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 