Tag Archives: James Alan McPherson
Black Writers Picture Themselves – Part 2
Burt Britton’s 1976 book Self-Portrait: Book People Picture Themselves contains nearly 750 self-portraits of writers and actors, from Edward Abbey (A) to Paul Zweig (Z). It all started when Britton, then tending bar in New York, tried to get a … Continue reading
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Tagged Burt Britton, James Alan McPherson, Leon Forrest, Maya Angelou, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison
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James Alan McPherson: Junior and John Doe
James Alan McPherson wrote “Junior and John Doe” for Gerald Early’s 1993 essay collection Lure and Loathing: Essays on Race, Identity, and the Ambivalence of Assimilation. It’s a great essay in a great and important collection. Twenty writers—on a spectrum … Continue reading
Django Unchained: Revenge Fantasies and Realities
Of course Django Unchained (2012) is your average Quentin Tarantino bloodfest, yet for me the main moment of the film suggests it could have been even bloodier. In one of the film’s quiet, reflective seconds slave master Calvin Candie (Leonardo … Continue reading →