Posts tagged with poet

Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: Audre Lorde (Day 9)

0 comments, 09/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, my people

Audre Lorde Audrey Geraldine Lorde was a Caribbean-American writer, poet and activist. Lorde's poetry was published very regularly during the 1960s — in Langston Hughes' 1962 New Negro Poets, USA; in several foreign anthologies; and in black literary magazines. During this time, she wa... Read more...

Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: Langston Hughes (Day 8)

0 comments, 08/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Blair History Month, General, my people

Langston Hughes James Mercer Langston Hughes a poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the peri... Read more...

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Mumia Abu Jamal – Toy Soldiers

0 comments, 08/02/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Audio, Exclusive

For MumiaAbu-Jamal, I am Ron Kovic author of Born on the Fourth of July. According to recent news accounts, shattered and shredded body parts and remains of U.S. servicemen were found in a landfill. Despite political spins, this sobering image is a telling, true-life metaphor... Read more...

Black History Presents – Daily Knowledge: Ishmael Reed (Day 6)

0 comments, 06/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General

Ishmael Reed Ishmael Reed is a poet, essayist, and novelist. A prominent African-American literary figure, Reed is known for his satirical works challenging American political culture, and highlighting political and cultural oppression. Reed has been described as one of the most controversial ... Read more...

Black History Presents – Daily Knowledge: Sterling Allen Brown (Day 3)

0 comments, 03/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General

Sterling Allen Brown Sterling Allen Brown was a professor, author of works on folklore, poet and literary critic. Some of his works are Southern Road, Harcourt, Brace and company, and Negro Poetry. In the early 1980s his Collected Poems won the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for the bes... Read more...

Black History Presents – Daily Knowledge: Maya Angelou (Day 2)

0 comments, 02/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General

MayaAngelo Maya Angelou is an amazing author and poet. She is best known for her series of six autobiographical volumes, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first and most highly acclaimed, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her first seventeen ... Read more...

Mumia Abu Jamal – Toy Soldiers (Read by Ron Kovic)

0 comments, 10/01/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in .mp3, Audio, Exclusive, Interviews

For Mumia Abu-Jamal, I am Ron Kovic author of Born on the Fourth of July. According to recent news accounts, shattered and shredded body parts and remains of U.S. servicemen were found in a landfill. Despite political spins, this sobering image is a telling, true-life metaphor fo... Read more...

EVENT: Love, Us Presents: H E A R T b e a t s – 12/9/11 @The Rotunda

1 comment, 08/12/2011, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Events, Live Performances

Love, Us/ SP Photography / S.Frosty Networx (SFX)/ RHYMESTREET Magazine/ The Authentic Collective present: "H E A R T b e a t s" ... A 'Love, Us' Production Featuring: - CHILL MOODY - SELA - SELINA CARRERA - DOM O BRIGGS - RIENNE - MRS. BETTY'S SON - AMUN MIRAAJ - KA'MONE ... Read more...

Eric Blair Presents – Daily knowledge: James Baldwin (Day 4)

1 comment, 04/02/2011, by Mr. Blair in Blair History Month, Guest Blog

James Baldwin was a novelist, writer, playwright, poet, essayist and civil rights activist. One of my favorite authors; many of his writing pieces helped to form my writing style. Most of Baldwin's work deals with racial and sexual issues in the mid-20th century in the United States. His novels ar... Read more...