By Sean Gerrity Smallaxe.net February 2021 Maroon Comix defies pithy description. It is as multifaceted in form, content, and presentation…
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Maroon Comix, A Review on Graphic Policy
By Shean MohammedGraphic PolicySeptember 22nd, 2019 As Americans, we tend to believe that our historical events are more important to…
Marronage Meets Bolivarian Socialism: Maroon Comix, A Review
By Jeanette CharlesVenezuelanalysis.comSeptember 5th, 2018 VA’s Jeanette Charles reviews Maroon Comix, a book that tells the tales of maroons’ fight for…
Maroon Comix: A Review
by Michael Novick Anti-Racist Action LA This fascinating book, based primarily on the writings of political prisoner Russell Maroon Shoats…
Derrick Weston Brown’s Wisdom Teeth
By Alan Kingalanwking.wordpress.comApril 21, 2011 Derrick Weston Brown holds an MFA in creative writing from American University. He is a…
Wisdom Teeth on Split this Rock
By Katie O’HareSplit this RockJuly 15, 2011 After reading Derrick Weston Brown’s Wisdom Teeth, it’s hard to believe this is…
Averse to Illiteracy: Poets Come Out Against DC’s Ailing Public School Libraries
By Alan Kingalanwking.wordpress.comAugust 7th, 2011 Walking past DC’s Watts Park in Northeast, the people stopped in their tracks when they…
HoCoPoLitSo’s writer-in-residence Derrick Weston Brown seeks to inspire the poet within us all
by L’Oreal ThompsonThe Baltimore SunMarch 20th, 2013 “Attention, attention … the mic is now open.” It is only fitting that…
Read Derrick Weston Brown’s Devastating Poetic Response to Charleston
By Sameer RaoColorlinesJune 19th, 2015 Sometimes, in the immediate aftermath of a brutal tragedy like Wednesday’s massacre of nine black…
Teaching for Change Interview with Derrick Weston Brown
By Don AllenApril 5, 2011 Teaching for Change staff member Derrick Weston Brown has just released his first book of…