Take a listen to @hrambsy.bsky.social’s interview about the Black Lit Network on @stlpublicradio.bsky.social! From the barbershop to the classroom, it’s a project deeply rooted in a genuinely public humanities. When you’re done, visit www.blacklitnetwork.org and try it out! #DigitalHumanities

Look, we always talk about @alondra.bsky.social the founding Afrofuturist or her as the coordinator and dean or how she's a distinguished professor. But goodness, we have not said nearly enough about Alondra Nelson the exquisite writer. Whew.

Ok, a few notes on producing a podcast about critical and popular responses to African American novels, artistic productions, and more. shorturl.at/K8xss

Here's a short piece on the rise of Afrofuturism during the late 1990s. shorturl.at/n5jmi

I’ve been a college professor for 21 years now. I’ve been covering Nikki Giovanni’s “Ego Tripping” for 21 years now.

Ok, some Black novel combinations, starting here. Three novels with unnamed protagonists: James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912) Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man (1952) Colson Whitehead's Apex Hides the Hurt (2006)

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Literary scholar: I'm suggesting that the cup and its contents are metaphorical, and intersectionality provides a lens for us to (re)read the interplay between the container and what it holds.