African-American 01 Feb 2014 Langston Hughes, race, memory Happy 112th birthday to Langston Hughes. A few items in memory: one video of Gary Bartz’s interpretation of “The Negro… John Drabinski No Comments
African-American 05 Dec 2013 Baldwin, race, identity In his 1964 essay “The White Problem,” dating from the period of the publication of The Fire Next Time, Baldwin… John Drabinski No Comments
African-American, Music Film Culture 04 Dec 2013 Baldwin, language, spirituals The function of the spirituals in the African-American intellectual tradition is well-known, especially in the work of W.E.B. Du Bois… John Drabinski No Comments
Caribbean, Postcolonial 20 Nov 2013 Introducing Naipaul and Fanon This is the draft introduction to my essay "Martinique Between Naipaul and Fanon," which I have written about in a… John Drabinski No Comments
Caribbean, Postcolonial 19 Nov 2013 Sighs and history The meaning of Caribbean history is too much for any single post, to say the least (ha), but let me… John Drabinski No Comments
Caribbean 13 Nov 2013 Between Naipaul and Fanon My essay for the Caribbean Philosophical Association meeting in San Juan makes what I hope will be a provocative claim:… John Drabinski 1 Comment
African-American 12 Nov 2013 Memory and abject labor I've been starting and re-starting an essay that takes up the dispute between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois concerning… John Drabinski 1 Comment