The labor of timeFor an author, having a book featured in Oprah’s Book Club is akin to possessing a certain credit card: Membership has its privileges. It means newfound or renewed popularity, a place on best-seller lists, and often, jazzed-up book covers with the club’s cream-and-gold stamp of approval. And for a publishing house, big […]
Cynthia Greenlee-Donnell
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Out Loud
There’s a geological definition of obsidian: a dark igneous rock with a glassy exterior. Then there’s the literary one: Obsidian II is a semi-annual journal that reviews the works of black writers and cultivates discussion of cultural and racial issues. Like its namesake rock, it’s black, often sharp, forged from fire and it reflects life. […]
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Love power
Since the 1980s, bell hooks (a pseudonym for City College professor Gloria Watkins) has become one of America’s premier public intellectuals. With her 1981 book, Ain’t I a Woman, she emerged as a strong and visible opponent of white, classist feminism and African-American patriarchy. The rest of her 15-odd books propelled her to the top […]