by Fabu Phillis Carter | Oct 28, 2021 | Magazine Article
As the child of a father who loved jazz, I thought I knew all of the women jazz artists. That is, until I discovered Morning Glory: The Story of Mary Lou Williams, by Linda Dahl. It was 1999, and I was strolling through the Central Library in downtown Madison. I was...
by B.J. Hollars | Apr 28, 2017 | Magazine Article
On a sunny autumn morning in 2011, I found myself facing a room full of African-American literature students at the University of Alabama. I’d recently completed my graduate work there, and had stayed on as an instructor in the English Department to teach composition,...
by Margaret Rozga | Feb 27, 2013 | Magazine Article
In addition to being a poet and a playwright, you are also a Civil Rights activist. How do your ideas from one realm influence another? The short and simple answer is probably that both activism and creative writing involve seeing, being aware beyond the obvious,...
