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Jun.15.2012 A Black Writer Asks: Where's The Love? Last year I was thrilled to have been nominated for an NAACP IMAGE AWARD. It was one of the highlights of my literary career. But there was one thing that did put a damper on the experience - the literary portion of the show was not aired on national television. It was "just" streamed live...	May.07.2009 How I Wrote about My Mother within the Context of Her Own Skin (Part 2 of 2) Thank you Readers for visiting, and thank you Red Room Editors for shining a spotlight on part 1 of this blog . For part two, please continue: Understanding was not my goal the second time I wrote about my mother. My aim at that time was relief from the horrendous experience of...
Feb.17.2009 Susan Taylor visits Bay area This presidents' holiday weekend, Bay area residents had several opportunities to meet and hear an extraordinary woman -- Susan L. Taylor. For 37 years she was associated with Essence magazine. Her new passion is the National CARES mentoring movement, which she founded several years ago (www....