Clarisse:
thanks for the visit. i'll be back here a lot! i added you to my list. have a wonderful wonderful day!
Clarisse:
Hi there! Just walking around the neighborhood and checking out my neighbors' blogs! I'm liking it here. You are welcome to mine...swing by for a cup of coffee ...a link-up and a little chat...anytime
Two months and counting to Book Expo America! I’m anticipating this year’s edition of BEA because it’s been five years since it last appeared in Los Angeles and the...
On Friday, May 30th from 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm, the Los Angeles Black Book Expo in association with its newest sponsor, 626 Art Gallery in Studio B, will host a Book Expo...
Let’s pretend for a moment the candidate we voted for as President wins it all. We would feel happy, joyous, feeling the tide has now turned and we’re about to make constant...
You know, I had planned to type out a well-written entry about the State of the Black Union conference in New Orleans yesterday. I decided not to do it because I didn’t want...
Knowing all too well this is Black History Month and recognizing the accomplishments of the past and those yet to come in the future (hint with a bit of a pause), I’m sitting...
Today I conducted another California Writers Collective writers workshop and I felt good after I concluded my speech. I don’t know why but I’m feeling better about myself...
You’ve heard about it, now you can get to hear the 3rd Annual African-American Spoken Word Fest this past February 9th in San Francisco. Much thanks to Larry Ukali...
Well, I have news for ya........Saturday, February 23rd, as part of the California Writers Collective, I'll host a free writers workshop for anyone hoping to catch a break in...
Results of my recent trip to the Bay Area:A Report by Larry Ukali Johnson-Redd www.lovingblackwomen.com So the Third Annual African-American Spoken Word Festival was...
Had a great time this past weekend in San Francisco as part of the 3rd Annual African-American Spoken Word Festival. I would like to thank organizer Larry Ukali Johnson-Redd,...
Note: I found this interview I participated in two years ago in my stack. I hope you enjoy it!Poet InterviewFor credibility purposes, please give your name, alias, age, current...
This is going to be controversial but I’ll lay it out there. As a teacher, I faced and saw parents who were more angry at me than they were at their own children whenever they...
There may be disagreement to what I’m about to argue, but saying a thug is a gentleman and vice versa, is like saying blood and water are the same. Just as blood and water...
One good thing about the ongoing writers strike out here in La La Land……Finally the writers are letting folks know without them, everything stops! When was the last time you...
Technology is a wonderful thing, isn’t it?I’m spent time to check out the booming phenomenon raging on the internet, YouTube.com. What blogs are doing for us who use writing...
We are gathered here today to celebrate the passing of a man who was near and dear to many hearts. A man who lived a good life full of vitality and longevity. A man, who was...
I’m one of the rare few here in the city of Los Angeles still living in the general area. I grew up here, attended school, worked, you name it. I enjoy the people here as well...
Around this time ten years ago, I was an English teacher for a middle school in a city south of Los Angeles. I had subbed in most of this district’s schools and even filled in...
Man, it’s gonna be on in a couple of weeks!The third annual African-American Spoken Word Festival live in San Francisco on February 9th! I can’t wait. I’m part of an...
I can’t believe this is my 30th year of writing. Not that I’ve been published for that amount of time but just the fact I started to pick up a pen and just write whatever I...
Again and again, you hear it (at least where I’m from)“There are no good black men out there"Again……..“No good black men out there, period!”Once more…….“Where...
Years ago, I posed a question in the middle of a conversation. We were talking about relationships and the one thing I asked is “would you be upset if a short black man or a...
Eloquent speaker, I Have a Dream, the marches to Selma, Montgomery, you name it we’ll tell our children about the man who was named Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and his call of...
For those of you who just finished watching the ‘debate’WHAT IN THE BLUE HELL WAS THAT?You know, there’s a reason why people wait until the very end of a primary to choose...
As defined by Webster’s 9th New Collegiate Dictionary, Imagination is:the act or power of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses or never before wholly...
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