African-American 21 May 2014 Memory, haunting, ready to die From Marisa Parham's Haunting and Displacement in African American Literature and Culture (2009) "Haunting is not compelling because it resonates with the… John Drabinski No Comments
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, Caribbean 03 Dec 2013 Baldwin, language, blackness In “Letter on Humanism,” a letter written to French theorist Jean Beaufret in response to the claim that his book… John Drabinski No Comments
African-American, Caribbean 14 Nov 2013 Trouble and Death I'm writing and thinking about two passages. The first is an old 1920s blues and string band lyric, one that… John Drabinski 1 Comment