Sometimes things change for the better, and it totally screws me up.  

This morning I turn on the television in time for the reading of the names of those lost on 9-11.  The ceremony always interests me for more than the obvious reasons.  In one of my novels-in-progr/… Read full post »

In April this year while stumping in Raleigh, North Carolina, Barack Obama gave a popular response addressing the acrimony of the previous night's debate.  It took the Democratic candidates 45 minutes to address policy issues, and even then, Hillary Clinton took every opportunity to attack him.… Read full post »

My parents and I aren’t there five minutes before my uncle’s roommate starts in. “SHUT UP!” yells Mr. Green.*  Our arrival in the middle of Christina’s Court is clearly a major inconvenience.   

I usually don’t talk back to my elders.  But/… Read full post »

Wanting to stay in the know about the things that capture hip hop’s imagination, I seek out The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene on my latest trip to the bookstore. After I fail in my attempt to locate the book on my own, I enlist the help of a… Read full post »

“Hell, yeah, I’d give you up!”

I laugh even though I know he’s serious.  Maybe it’s because Pa’s answer to my question doesn’t surprise me. The average person would be horrified to learn that if she committed murder, her father would turn her int/… Read full post »

With the phenomenon that is the show Mad Men, former ad man Hadji Williams chose an interesting time to put his copyrighting skills to use for a good cause. Fed up/… Read full post »

I recently stumbled across a video clip of a panel I sat on in March 2007 called Reel Images: Stereotypes in Film.

The panel was sponsored by the Center for Communications as part of its ongoing TV series Media City: inside the Industry.   Moderated by Michelle Materre, the panel also/… Read full post »

“Are your parents coming to the show?”

Someone needs to write a book on how to come out when you’re not gay.  The catalog of books for White folks interested in promoting racial justice grows each day, and there are a some titles geared toward men committed to gender equ/… Read full post »

Lately, I’ve been inspired to explore the “ride or die chick” archetype. According to the best rated definition in the Urban Dictionary, this is “a chick that ain’t afraid to be down with her man, she’ll do anything her man needs her to do.”

From… Read full post »

I walk into the bodega for my cafecito looking forward to my day when there he is. Snagglepuss.  That’s what I call him. Not that he knows that, but if he keeps harassing me, he just might find out.

Snagglepuss is a tubby, not-quite-menacing-yet-not-quite-comforting, gap-toothed dud… Read full post »

Today, I received an email from agent informing me that my Black Artemis novels Burn and Picture Me Rollin’ are going out of print. Although I saw this coming, it’s no less disheartening. And yet despite the bad news, something inside my soul resonated.

I’m more than an author. Damn… Read full post »