Many thanks to PEN/Faulkner’s Writers in Schools Director Gregory Langen and Eastern High School librarian Ellen Dodsworth for the invite to present and discuss “Strivers and… Read More »Thanks PEN/Faulkner and Eastern High School for The Writers in Schools Invite
I had an interview with the blog site Write and Author, a resource dedicated to helping writers develop their craft and offer advice on publishing.… Read More »Write and Author Interview
Had a spirited reading and signing of “Strivers and Other Stories” in my hometown of Augusta, Georgia at the Lucy C. Laney Museum of Black… Read More »“Strivers and Other Stories” Reading at the Laney Museum in Augusta, Georgia
Attended my first AWP conference this week and participated in WWPH’s panel on running a small press. 12K writers converged on DC and our… Read More »My First Time at AWP; Panels, Nose Rings and Hip Hop
Thanks to Politics and Prose for supporting the Washington Writers’ Publishing House and providing an opportunity for us to read and introduce our books recently.… Read More »Thanks Politics and Prose for supporting the Washington Writers’ Publishing House
“Strivers” was selected for inclusion in the PEN/Faulkner Writers in Schools Program which is a literary arts outreach program that brings free copies of contemporary works… Read More »“Strivers” Selected for Writers in Schools Program
Many thanks to Haile and Shirikiana Gerima and the staff at Sankofa Video, Books and Cafe for organizing the “Strivers and Other Stories” reading held Saturday… Read More »Sankofa Video Books and Cafe Reading
Thanks to the Writers’ Center in Bethesda for providing a great forum for the WWPH book launch event! The Writer’s Center is an invaluable resource… Read More »WWPH Writers’ Center Reading
Received proof copies of SAOS recently. They look good. Even though the trend-watchers say the hot color for book covers is BRIGHT yellow, I decided on… Read More »Strivers Proof Copies
Spent a week of intense focus on the current writing project–a new novel–at the Callaloo Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters Writing Workshop for fiction,… Read More »Callaloo @ Oxford University