Celebrating African Writers Too
Of course, this is Black History Month at LT, and we’ve been honoring African American writers. But we’d like to change it up a bit and honor a literary tradition and writer that come from the...
View ArticleMark Twain & Black Slavery in Hannibal, MO
There’s a part of black history that no one likes to talk about; however, without this history we would not have insightful literary black voices, narratives and stories passed down from generation to...
View ArticleBlack-Jewish Walter Mosley
He’s the guy wearing the fedora. He’s the guy who looks black, but actually comes from an extensive history of Jewish Eastern Europeans. He’s also the guy who explores American black culture in his...
View ArticleLangston Hughes in Harlem
Who embodies the Harlem Renaissance more than any other writer? Langston Hughes, of course. This black poet created not only inspirational poetry, but poetry that is cool. Langston’s poem “Harlem”...
View ArticleFaith Ringgold on the Rooftops of Harlem
Black History Month continues with Faith Ringgold, renown artist and author of the children’s classic Tar Beach. Ringgold grew up in the Depression era in Harlem in the 1930s. As a young girl, she saw...
View ArticleKick off Black History Month w/ Zora Neale Hurston
Black History Month is finally here. And we’re celebrating it by highlighting all of our articles about African American writers. We’ll also be throwing in a couple Caribbean writers and an article...
View ArticleBlack (Literary) History Month 2011
We’re proud to celebrate Black History Month in February 2011. As an American-based magazine, we celebrate along with the rest of the country. Since our publication focuses on the literary, we...
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