Category Archives: Writing
Meeting Oprah
Actually, though Oprah Winfrey makes a show-stopping appearance in this story, it’s really about meeting the person Oprah calls mother: poet-actress-activist MAYA ANGELOU. I re-posted this by request on the occasion of Maya Angelou’s death in late May, 2014. In 1989 I, … Continue reading
Black Writers List
This list of Black Writers written about on this site provides much faster access to the posts than clicking on Black Writers in the Categories column to the right. It also gives a much better overview of available material. It lists writers … Continue reading
Fenton Johnson: Request Denied
The only child of a prosperous Chicago family, Fenton Johnson (1888-1958) spent most of his time pursuing the arts, and later in editing and journalism. But between 1914 and 1916 he produced three volumes of poetry A Little Dreaming, Visions … Continue reading