About Us

Launched in1998, Mosaic Literary Magazine is a quarterly publication exploring the literary arts created by writers of African descent. Through articles, essays, book reviews, and interviews Mosaic has increased the literary reach of some of the most important voices effecting change on many artistic fronts.

Mosaic has featured such artists Lucille Clifton, Bernice McFadden, Colson Whitehead, Walter Mosley, Staceyann Chin, Major Jackson, Chimamanda Adichie, and Sonya Sanchez among others and provides a unique space to preview upcoming releases through book reviews and author interviews.

Mosaic is produced by the Literary Freedom Project, a 501(c)3 tax-exempt not-for-profit arts organization that supports the literary arts through education, creative thinking, and new media.

Ron Kavanaugh
Publisher
ron@mosaicmagazine.org

Marcia E. Wilson
WideVision Photography
“Around Town” Photographer

Mosaic Literary Magazine
314 West 231 St #470
Bronx NY 10463
718.530.9132

EDUCATION PROGRAMS
The Literary Freedom Project provides educators with literary arts lesson plans and workshops based on the content of each issue of Mosaic. Each plan uses the work by writers of African descent as a connective tool to a variety of subjects. Our goal is to increase self awareness while promoting reading and strengthening literacy.

Mosaic Literary Conference
Mosaic Literary Conference provides a platform for literature-based creative thinking and knowledge sharing. Each year we invite educators, community-based organizations, and artists to participate in various professional-development workshops. The conference also showcases panel discussions, films, and live performances.

Lesson Plans
Mosaic supplements its editorial content with lesson plans that are developed based on the content of Mosaic. These lesson plans, developed for secondary school educators, demonstrate how Mosaic’s content can serve as a connective tool to explore educational subjects such as history and social studies while also serving to increase the importance of literature in the classroom

We Are Family Book Club & Writing Workshop
A new program set to start in February 2012, the We Are Family Book Club engages in a literary “call and response” by reading, discussing, then writing short stories, essays, or poems based on the reading selection. An emphasis will be placed on reading comprehension, creative, and expository writing.

The key to making the WAFBC work as a stepping stone to stronger community reading is to have participants paired with family members –fathers and sons, sisters and brothers, uncles and nieces, etc.  It’s family, supplemented with instruction, that will create a culture of reading for pleasure.

SUPPORT
Programs of the Literary Freedom Project are funded in part by the Bronx Council on the Arts, a JP Morgan Chase Re-grant, the New York State Council on the Arts, and Poets & Writers, Inc. through public funds from the New York State Department of Cultural Affairs. In-kind support provided by WNYC Radio