Feb 13
Camille T. Dungy is the author of What to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave for Poison; Suck on the Marrow, for which she received a 2011 American Book Award; and Smith Blue. She is a National Endowment for the Arts fellow, and was a finalist for the PEN Center USA 2007 Literary Award. Always a fan of her poetry, when Mosaic gave me the opportunity to ask Camille a few questions I moved fast. Read more
Andrea Levy
with Tracey L. Walters
As a child growing up in England what kind of literature did you read? Were you conscious of a Black British literary tradition?
I didn’t really read literature as a child. I think I’m on record as saying that I did not read a work of fiction until I was 23 years old, and that is true. Read more
Tara Betts Interview
with Nicole Sealey
Named one of Essence magazine’s 40 Favorite Poets, alongside Gwendolyn Brooks, Lucille Clifton, Suheir Hammad, Tracey K. Smith and others, it is simply impossible not to like poet Tara Betts. Read more
Poet as Witness
By Abdul Ali
Imagine Portrait of an Artist meets the Autobiography of Malcolm X. Here the protagonist turns to books and prepares to meet the world outside of prison on his own terms—a world that doesn’t allow for redemption or keeping the past at bay. This is the major tension of the work. The memoir is told Read more
Seeing Eye to Eye: Jamel Shabazz
by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn
How would you feel if you could recall almost everyone that crossed your life’s path? If you could remember the conversations, and the clothing, down to the shoes and accessories of the people you’ve met. Sounds like a feat only an individual with a fantastic memory could pull off. Read more
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