It’s hard for me not to have the passion of a true believer about this book.
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On Publishing CHARRAS in English
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Seeing SEEING BLACK
On beholding the beauty of community
“Blackness was rippling across the auditorium, turning the air—and I felt it then, Sunni’s voice igniting the star-white text with a vitality that began but would not end in that room.”
The power of self-publishing
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In Memoriam: Bernard Pearce
We remember the brilliant Bernard Pearce. May he rest in power.
In celebration of literary talent
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When Poetry Comes to Life
Honoring three I AM NEW ORLEANS poets, along with the inciting work of Marcus B. Christian, to kick off National Poetry Month
You’d expect planning an academic conference to be a lot of work. Four years of work, however? Less likely.
2700 YEARS YOUNG
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Channeling
By Chelsey Shannon, editor After months of staying away from UNO’s campus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I recently had the opportunity to do an on-campus shoot for the Press’s upcoming virtual event, “What Langston Did.” We engaged videographer Weenta Girmay to capture an in-person (outdoor, socially distanced) interview between myself and Kalamu ya Salaam. […]
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