EphBlog (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Many thanks to Jeff Delaney ‘05 for providing a copy (doc) of “Black Williams: A Written History” by the members of the Black Student Union. “In order to know where you are going, you must know where you came from.” It was that very belief that raised questions in the minds of Williams Black Student Union board [...]
Sweeping The Nation (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
In a just and rational world, the stunning and eminently quotable work of Saul Williams would have seen him hailed as the Messiah by now. Black Stacey is part confessional memoir, part consciousness-raising rallying-cry, all righteous, fluid articulacy over flowing, portentous beats. Willliams' cool, composed and self-possessed narration, refreshing as a slug of cold water, argues down...
The Chuck Cowdery Blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The annual release of Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage is coming early this year. It usually doesn't ship until after the holidays. “We have dumped and individually bottled over 700 ‘honey barrels’ for the 1999 vintage," explained Master Distiller Parker Beam, "more than any other prior year, and we feel like we need to switch over to the next vintage a bit earlier...
Western Fiction Review (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
REVENGE BY FIRE as by Bill Williams A Black Horse Western from Hale, November 2009 Steve Ross has been forced to give up the struggle to keep his small ranch going during Arizona’s worst drought in living memory. He intends to leave town in the morning, but events result in him being given an unusual ultimatum. He must face the prospect of hanging for killing a man, or becoming...
MIT World » Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The collapse of print and other traditional news and the rise of celebrity culture have contributed to the sharp decline of in-depth stories involving race and society, say these two speakers, in a discussion that’s replete with personal anecdote. Juan Williams sets out detailing his childhood dreams to break into the newspaper business. He read all the New York papers for baseball coverage,...
