If you commonly conduct research, you know that it can be completely exhilarating and extremely frustrating. Exhibit one — At some point in time, I located the following Toni Morrison […]
CFP — Backdrops No More: Alternative Visions of Black Girlhood in Afrofuturistic Literature
2020 College Language Association (CLA) Convention * April 1-4, 2020 * Hilton Memphis In 1970, Toni Morrison published The Bluest Eye, which prominently features black female children and adolescents, who […]
Thank you, Ms. Marshall!
On Mon., August 12, 2019, the world lost another literary giant, author Paule Marshall. In a 1979 Essence article, Marshall wrote, “Traditionally, in most fiction, men are the wheelers and […]
New Collection – Black From the Future
Forthcoming: 9/20/19 I just discovered this upcoming collection, and I am excited to read it! Love the cover! I hope it includes many, diverse portrayals of black girlhood. Check out […]
Thank You, Ms. Toni!
Last week, the world lost a truly amazing person—a brilliant, captivating storyteller whose creative and scholastic output has had an immeasurable influence on those blessed to read her literature and […]
Althesa’s Daughters in Clotel
“A celebrated writer has justly said of woman, ‘A woman’s whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world; it is there her ambition strives for […]
Culture as Salvation in Binti
“So me being the only one on the ship was not that surprising. However, just because something isn’t surprising doesn’t mean it’s easy to deal with.” – Binti In Nnedi […]
Girlhood in Delores Phillips’s The Darkest Child
The big-hearted, self-sacrificing, eternally benevolent African American mother is a universally accepted (if not expected) archetype in American literature. Despite the circumstances—whether she is confined to slavery like Aunt Chloe […]