Category Archives: Writing
Self-Portraits of the Artists
On September 18, 2009, Michael Miller wrote an article for New York Arts: An International Journal for the Arts, on the occasion of the Burt Britton Collection coming up for auction at 2:00 p.m. in New York City at Bloomsbury … Continue reading
Marita Bonner Inducted into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
Because of the economics of publishing, books can only be so big. As one reviewer wrote of my book Black Writing from Chicago, my Afterword seemed too much like a long list of apologies. Exactly. It was. And the second … Continue reading
The “Intercollegiate Wonder Book” and the “New Negro”
“Realizing the need of an organization to bring together the few colored students attending the college and universities of Chicago in summer and living in various parts of the city, two social workers, Miss Mary McDowell and Mrs. Celia Parker … Continue reading