I received an unsolicited book in the mail today. National Sunday Law is apparently a Seventh Day Adventist publication. I read online that others have received it too, so I don’t feel chosen or anything. The Amazon reviews are interesting.
Don’t these folks know that organized religion all by its lonesome gets people’s […]
I have an article in the current (summer) issue of Bitch magazine. The article is about why black women don’t tend to write “momoirs” (mommy memoirs).
If you’re not familiar with Bitch, the mag bills itself as the “feminist response to pop culture”. In addition to my piece, which I’m quite proud of, you’ll also find […]
“Bad Education offers up nothing as pat and comfortable as redemption; by design, it is a dark and largely pessimistic film. And yet, the film’s epilogue tells us that Enrique continues to make films with the ”same passion.” May art and spirit always prevail similarly in the face of evil.”
I wrote that?
This was […]
One of the reasons that my novel-writing is such slow going is that I am really meticulous when it comes to detail (that’s my story, and I’m sticking to it!). Case in point: today. In one fairly minor scene, my main character refers to another character disparagingly as a “Pharisee.” Being meticulous […]
Last month, I had the pleasure of hearing Anne Lamott speak and read from her latest book, Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith. That evening, she read from one of the book’s early chapters, “Wailing Wall.” In this chapter, she recounts a Sunday school class she taught to a group of rambunctious young boys […]
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
This just in from fellow black Yalie, Dexter Upshaw…
I have created a social networking site (think Facebook or Myspace for
Christians) called “The Charisma Network.”
The Charisma Network is designed to bring progressive minded Christians
around the globe together for the purpose of building the Kingdom of God
through social networking, interaction and discussion.
You can create your own […]
Last night, I had the great pleasure of hearing Anne Lamott speak about faith, writing, and life–and how it all comes down to a fox-trot: “Slow…slow…quick-quick.” (Maybe you had to be there.) She also read from her latest book (which I bought last night, and she signed) Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith.
Some Christians […]
