Some Blues but Not the Kind That’s Blue
In music and literature, Jay-Z and Percival Everett meditate on maturity, black masculinity, and the confessional drive of the artist’s life
Getting In
Samuel R. Delany’s Dark Reflections and the Racial Politics of Literary Awards
Dry Bones Breathe
Recovering writers like Henry Dumas from oblivion is a way to alter black destiny.
Percival Everett by Percival Everett
A story about a very good writer
The Souls of Ivy Folk
The new film Dear White People runs up against the well-noted limitations of “The Talented Tenth” vanguard.