Comments on: “Culture Stands on the Written Word”: Guest Blogger, Chris Chambers http://deeshaphilyaw.com/2008/02/19/culture-stands-on-the-written-word-guest-blogger-chris-chambers/ Making multi-tasking look good since 1998. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:16:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Ana http://deeshaphilyaw.com/2008/02/19/culture-stands-on-the-written-word-guest-blogger-chris-chambers/#comment-308 Ana Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:53:15 +0000 http://deeshaphilyaw.com/2008/02/19/culture-stands-on-the-written-word-guest-blogger-chris-chambers/#comment-308 It does sadden me that literature in the black community wasn't more reflective of our history. We haven't always had the advantage of being able to chronicle our heritage and past. Now that we are in an age where we create physical, literary archives of our "happenings" (both past and current) that can be passed on to our future generation we should take advantage of that. One of the setbacks of our current times among our people is that we don't have official records from our ancestors that we can glean from and improve upon. It'sour duty to do that now. You maybe interested in my new blog: http://voice-of-a-diaspora.blogspot.com/2008/02/why-black-history-month-matters.html It does sadden me that literature in the black community wasn’t more reflective of our history. We haven’t always had the advantage of being able to chronicle our heritage and past. Now that we are in an age where we create physical, literary archives of our “happenings” (both past and current) that can be passed on to our future generation we should take advantage of that. One of the setbacks of our current times among our people is that we don’t have official records from our ancestors that we can glean from and improve upon. It’sour duty to do that now.

You maybe interested in my new blog: http://voice-of-a-diaspora.blogspot.com/2008/02/why-black-history-month-matters.html

]]> By: deesha http://deeshaphilyaw.com/2008/02/19/culture-stands-on-the-written-word-guest-blogger-chris-chambers/#comment-307 deesha Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:27:41 +0000 http://deeshaphilyaw.com/2008/02/19/culture-stands-on-the-written-word-guest-blogger-chris-chambers/#comment-307 @ Ann: Thanks for your comment. My hope was that Chris's post would generate this kind of dialogue. @ Ann:

Thanks for your comment. My hope was that Chris’s post would generate this kind of dialogue.

]]> By: Ann DeWitt http://deeshaphilyaw.com/2008/02/19/culture-stands-on-the-written-word-guest-blogger-chris-chambers/#comment-306 Ann DeWitt Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:55:40 +0000 http://deeshaphilyaw.com/2008/02/19/culture-stands-on-the-written-word-guest-blogger-chris-chambers/#comment-306 Journalists and Commentators on Street Fiction (Street Lit) are loosing focus. The fact that so many African Americans are writing novels is history within itself. Let's stop talking about what's good or bad African American Literature and start publishing the statistics on the number of African American authors in the publishing industry. I'm sure Martin Luther King, Jr. is turning over in his grave at all of the attempts to have African Americans to stop writing and reading. We need to stop comparing and compiling. Our collective contributions to the publishing industry are tremendous. Journalists and Commentators on Street Fiction (Street Lit) are loosing focus. The fact that so many African Americans are writing novels is history within itself. Let’s stop talking about what’s good or bad African American Literature and start publishing the statistics on the number of African American authors in the publishing industry. I’m sure Martin Luther King, Jr. is turning over in his grave at all of the attempts to have African Americans to stop writing and reading. We need to stop comparing and compiling. Our collective contributions to the publishing industry are tremendous.

]]> By: deesha http://deeshaphilyaw.com/2008/02/19/culture-stands-on-the-written-word-guest-blogger-chris-chambers/#comment-300 deesha Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:12:51 +0000 http://deeshaphilyaw.com/2008/02/19/culture-stands-on-the-written-word-guest-blogger-chris-chambers/#comment-300 Hey, Donte...Thanks for stopping by and leaving your two cents! Hey, Donte…Thanks for stopping by and leaving your two cents!

]]> By: donte http://deeshaphilyaw.com/2008/02/19/culture-stands-on-the-written-word-guest-blogger-chris-chambers/#comment-296 donte Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:45:15 +0000 http://deeshaphilyaw.com/2008/02/19/culture-stands-on-the-written-word-guest-blogger-chris-chambers/#comment-296 Good post. I like the tie in to history. I am not all that geeked up about the debate over street Fiction or Zane books, but I agree we have a legacy that we are wasting. Good post. I like the tie in to history. I am not all that geeked up about the debate over street Fiction or Zane books, but I agree we have a legacy that we are wasting.

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