Tag Archives: Black Writing from Chicago
Post-Colonial Literatures in English: A Writers List
> Go HERE for a list of prominent post-colonial writers who wrote their works originally in English, and to the links at the end of this post for “World Writers” written about on this site. After doing two anthologies … Continue reading
Carolyn Rodgers Reads “Prodigal Objects”
What a treat for Carolyn Rodgers fans. Below hear the great poet read her poem “Prodigal Objects,” September 1999, in a show at North Central College, Naperville, Illinois. It was held to celebrate the release a few months earlier of … Continue reading
The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
In mid-2009 Donald Evans, a Chicago writer, called me with an idea: a hall of fame for Chicago’s literary greats. Because of two of my books—Smokestacks and Skyscrapers (with David Starkey) and Black Writing from Chicago—Don wanted me to be in the … Continue reading