Literature
“Dancer in the Revolution”: Memoir of Stretch Johnson, Harlem communist
February 12, 2015History is a curious thing, full of drama, intrigue, plot twists, misadventures. Howard "Stretch" Johnson's memoir is similarly curious.
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It’s political: Library cards
June 25, 2014Here's a simple way for you to help spread the ideas of an author you respect, and be a political activist at the same time: use your library card.
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Gabo lives
April 21, 2014Novelist Gabriel García Márquez died on April 17, 2014 in Mexico City. His 1967 novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude" gained him the Nobel Prize in literature in 1982.
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Book review: “Bohemians”
April 9, 2014Bohemians would appear to be the book Paul Buhle has been waiting to introduce his entire lengthy career as a writer and editor.
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“Redefining Realness”: Janet Mock’s compelling memoir about gender, race, identity
March 5, 2014I sat down last weekend, intending to read for 30 minutes or so, and ended up devouring Redefining Realness cover-to-cover in five hours.
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