Off-Season Pastimes: The 5th InningSimmonsField.com “People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you…
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5th Inning Named Best Memoir of Spring
Book Review Editor Grace Cavalieri has named The Fifth Inning as the best memoir of Spring 2009! To see who…
(H)afrocentric Starred Review in Kirkus
Kirkus Starred ReviewSeptember 2017 Originally published in four separate volumes, this graphic novel introduces the outspoken college-student revolutionary Naima Pepper…
(H)afrocentric in The San Francisco Chronicle
By Brandon YuSan Francisco ChronicleAugust 25th, 2017 Juliana “Jewels” Smith’s “(H)afrocentric” began in community college classrooms, when she attempted to…
(H)afrocentric Comics in Socialism & Democracy
By Paul BuhleSocialism & DemocracyJune 2018 A new generation of African American-comic art is now in full swing. For those…
(H)afrocentric Comics in Hypelit.com
By Christina VortiaHypelit.comFebruary 3rd, 2018 I really loved this. “(H)afrocentric is the best of Boondocks, without crusty misogynoir. It’s the best…
New York’s Black Panthers, a Legacy
By Ron JacobsCounterPunchNovember 13th, 2017 The indictment and trial of the New York “Panther 21” was an attempt by several…
Maroon the Implacable: A Solidarity Review
By Steve BloomSolidarity This book is a collection of essays, composed mostly for the education of fellow prisoners. It is…
Look for Me in the Whirlwind: A Review
by Keith Riley Maximum Rock’n’RollApril 2018 About a year ago, I visited the Oakland Museum’s great Power to the People:…