Tag Archives: Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
Willard Motley: His “Race”
In the Afterword of my book Black Writing from Chicago, after I apologize first for not including the great novelist Leon Forrest, I apologize second for not including Willard Motley. I wrote: “Among other worthy novelists that could not be … 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
Marita Bonner: Escaping Imposed Identities
Word comes from Don Evans, founding director of the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, that Marita Bonner is to be inducted into the CLHOF this November. He said I was the “most knowledgeable” person he knew on the subject, though … Continue reading