African American | African American
Mar.03.2011
“I am more African than you are!”
This challenge has been hurled at me far too many times for me to count. Actually the first time was in New York, when my French Moroccan dentist stated, “I am an American Citizen…I suppose that makes me “African American. What do you call yourself?
Ah…hem….
When I...
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Feb.16.2011
My favourite novel by an African American probably shifts around from year to year depending on what I'm writing or what's in the headlines or what's in my head. Right now GIOVANNI'S ROOM by James Baldwin has totally taken over my brain, in part because I'm writing a play about Baldwin and the...
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Feb.04.2011
There's no question that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's hands are more than full these days with the war in Afghanistan, military tension between the two Koreas, relationship-building with China, and of course the revolution in Egypt. Nevertheless: Secretary Clinton took time out of her...
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Dec.15.2010
Being Jewish there was no way my parents would have a Christmas Tree. When I was five and my sister Alice eight, we begged for something so mom and dad finally bought a facsimile tree small enough to sit on the kitchen table.
What five year old doesn't believe in Santa? I was still under the spell...
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Nov.11.2010
I come from a very proud family. A family full of professional bankers, nurses, teachers and everything in-between. I'm very lucky to come from a place where integrity was always the forefront of my education and well, education was the forefront of everything.
When I was younger I would head...
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Sep.26.2010
I recently did a Lamplighter presentation in Sedona, AZ for an organization called Kinship Kare of Northern Arizona (KKONA). They provide support for grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. As a grandmother myself I couldn't imagine raising a grandchild at my age. Where would I get the...
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Jul.31.2010
PLEASE visit Kickstarter to learn about my new project ORIENT. It's all about creating a new anthropology for Asians and Blacks in this country.
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Jun.04.2010
If you can remember these three constants about separation and divorce, you may actually make it through:
1) War is Hell
2) Life’s a Bitch and of course,
3) Shit happens.
Its like a three act play when you think about it.
The first act starts the action. One day, after a series of months...
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Jun.02.2010
Patterns, I function well when I have structure and patterns. With systems in place, I feel more secure. Today, I reached out to a friend to help me restore some fiscal order in my life because simply put, how things went down this month were sloppy. I hate sloppy. When things are sloppy, the...
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Apr.22.2010
My guest on tonight’s “A Book and a Chat” is Author/Writer/Poet “Tinisha Nicole Johnson”.
Tinisha has come a long way since at the age of eleven she started writing poetry, keeping several journals of these poems, some of which were published in books poetry collection books.
While poetry is...
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