5/14 EVENT: Elizabeth Alexander Gives Talk on The Light of the World - Chicago

Award winning poet, professor and memoirist Elizabeth Alexander is scheduled to give a talk on her recent release, The Light of the World (2015, Grand Central Publishing) at Seminary Co-op Bookstore in Chicago.  

Elizabeth will discuss her memoir, which transforms the unexpected death of her husband into a compelling, heartfelt work of art. The event will take place on Thursday, May 14, 2015 from 6:30 - 7:30 pm.

RADIO INTERVIEW: 11/14 Author T.S. Grant on Rhymes, Views & News Radio

RHYMES, VIEWS & NEWS TALK RADIO is all new next Sunday, November 14th featuring Author, T.S. Grant! Listen live or call in to talk with my guest! T.S. will discuss his current books and his writing life.

Listener and Guest Call-in Number: (646) 716-9474

Upcoming Rhymes, Views & News Talk Radio Show: 11/14/2010 8:00 PM

Host Name:	DuEwa Frazier
Show Name:	Interview with author and educator, T.S. Grant
Date / Length:	11/14/2010 8:00 PM - 45 min
Length:	45 min
Description:	T.S. Grant is the author of An Autobiography of an Unknown Man, 8th Grade, and in other words. . . The U.S. Constitution for Regular Folks. Grant teaches Advanced Placement (AP) and Local, State and National Government in Prince George's County, Maryland. He received his Master of Arts in Teaching degree from Johns Hopkins University (2006) and is currently in a Ph.D. program at an honors university, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), advancing himself as an educator. In his spare time, he keeps busy, writing for the D.C. Examiner.com. He plans on writing more books once he's out of graduate school! Grant is a husband and father, and his family resides in Bowie, Maryland.
Category:	Books
Tags:	TS Grant author US Constitution memoir history

"Angela's Mixtape" is a must see hip hop play!

Eisa Davis has become one of my Supersheros! She's now in the same category of high genius art and inspiration for us emerging women artists, as Suzan Lori Parks, another creative sista I deeply admire. Eisa is an accomplished playwright, actress, poet and singer/songwriter. Her latest play "Angela's Mixtape" is a memoir, which in its genius, blends her perspective of life growing up as a post-civil rights/hip hop music loving/braniac girl, her thoughts on the meaning of her aunt's life (Angela Davis), and all that young Eisa aspires to be despite her family's criticism. I loved the play, which I saw this past Saturday night. It is running at the Ohio Theater until early May, featuring Eisa Davis and a full cast of actresses playing Eisa's family members (including Angela Davis).

"Angela's Mixtape" is produced by the Hip Hop Theater Festival. You'll love the music featured in the play - a mix of 70's soul, 80's pop/rock and 90's hip hop. Eisa and her castmates are energetic, powerful and present the range of emotions many of us women in arts and letters have gone through to develop into the women we want to be in life!

I won't try to write a play review here, but I must tell you: GO SEE IT RIGHT AWAY!