Book Review: Red Clay
In Red Clay, Charles B. Fancher delivers a beautifully crafted work of historical fiction that is as emotionally resonant as it is narratively compelling.
March 22, 2026
7:56 pm
“The Buffalo Hunt” is an oil on canvas painting in the Expressionism style created by Horace Pippin in 1933. This work is in the public domain.
Mami’s Daughter
In the largest rivers of Nigeria, there dwells a beautiful woman.
Blessing Nnate
The Fire This Time
It spread and flickered and licked the…
Susan L. Pollet
Sweet Tooth
It was a great date.
Megan Petronella
And Other Reasons
Lying awake…
Anne Mikusinki
My Mother’s First Husband and Us
My mother has been married three times, which she might sheepishly admit to you…
Marcus Knoke
Why I Love Strangers More Than Friends
“Hey, how are you, what can I get for you?”
Sam Hendrian
Do You Know
Was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His novel House Made of Dawn was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969
From The Public Domain
Durham: A Capital of the Black Middle Class
Durham offers none of the color and creative life we find among…
E. Franklin Frazier
The Man in the Iron Mask
Chapter XVIII: A Night at the Bastile
Pain, anguish, and suffering in human life…
Alexandre Dumas
The Conquest
Chapter III: Chicago, Chasing A Will-O-The-Wisp
That was on Sunday morning three hundred miles south of Chicago…
Oscar Micheaux
The Purpose
Over and over the task was set…
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Jazz It Up: Art Blakely – Moanin’
Moanin’ is one of the most recognizable and influential compositions in the hard‑bop tradition, penned by pianist Bobby Timmons and first recorded by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers on October 30, 1958.
March 8, 2026
2:53 pm
Do You Remember: Love Jones
Few films capture the messy, uneven, and emotionally complex rhythm of modern love quite like Love Jones.
March 8, 2026
2:14 pm
Portrait of the Artist’s Mother
Henry Ossawa Tanner’s Portrait of the Artist’s Mother (1897) is a tender yet powerful work, rendered with remarkable delicacy and emotional depth.
March 2, 2026
6:17 pm
With These Hands: In Conversation with Lia Newman
As Davidson College continues to reckon publicly with its historical ties to enslavement and racial exploitation, few people have been as closely involved in shaping that work as Lia Newman.
March 1, 2026
11:18 pm
With These Hands: Memory, Art, and the Labor That Built a Campus
On a quiet stretch of green just off Main Street, where town and campus meet, two monumental hands rise from the earth – open, cupped, and facing one another. They do not grasp or point. Instead, they hold space.
March 1, 2026
11:01 pm
You must be logged in to post a comment.