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Teaching Between the World and Me in a Literature Survey Course
[By Will Cunningham]Survey courses are tough to teach; more specifically, it is tough to decide what to teach in a survey course. Near the front of my syllabus I have this disclaimer:"...Whatever...
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Throw Your Head Back and Sing: A Tribute to Maya Angelou
On Thursday, September 29th at the Forbes Center for the Performing Arts at James Madison University, performers will honor and pay tribute to the work of acclaimed poet Maya Angelou. Angelou is...
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ICYMI: The Last Week in Black Writing and Culture (9/10 - 9/16)
KU Today highlighted HBW’s Black Book Interactive Project, an NEH-funded collaborative research project that seeks to increase the number of black-authored texts in the study of digital...
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President Obama Nominates Howard University Chair to National Council
Our friend and Black Book Interactive Project collaborator, Dana A. Williams has been nominated to serve as a member of the National Council on the Humanities. Dr. Williams is the Chair of the...
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An Evening with Jabari Asim
Jabari Asim, celebrated author and editor-in-chief of The Crisis magazine, will present the fall keynote lecture for the University of Kansas’s Common Book program at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, in...
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ICYMI: The Last Week in Black Writing and Culture (9/17 - 9/23)
The MacArthur Foundation announced its list of Fellows for 2016. The group of 23 “geniuses” represent the best of creativity and innovation in their fields, and will receive a stipend of $625,000 over...
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It’s Banned Books Week! Celebrating the Freedom to Read
Here at HBW we celebrate banned and challenged books, and the right to read every day! Please check out this list of resources we have compiled about banned books, especially those written by authors...
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HBW Supports: March for Standing Rock
HBW supports the First Nation Student Association (FNSA) and their march in support of Standing Rock on 9/30/16 at 4pm. The march will go from Constant Park to 411 E. 9th Street.From FNSA:There will be...
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Remembering Joyce Carol Thomas (May 25, 1938 - August 13, 2016)
[By Dominique Waller]Image courtesy of Balkin BuddiesThe African-American Literature community has lost another treasure. On August 13, 2016 Joyce Carol Thomas died in Stanford, California. The award...
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Original Research: Dr. Candice A. Pitts
In July 2015 the Project on the History of Black Writing welcomed 25 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Scholars to the University of Kansas. For two weeks, scholars immersed themselves in...
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ICYMI: The Last Week in Black Writing and Culture (9/24 - 9/30)
KU welcomed Jabari Asim, author and editor-in-chief of The Crisis magazine, to campus as the fall keynote lecture for the Common Book program.Professor Kinitra D. Brooks at the University of Texas at...
View ArticleHBW Supports: Recognizing Today as Indigenous Peoples Day
Together we call upon the University of Kansas to recognize today as Indigenous Peoples Day. With its origins in the 1977 International Conference on Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations in...
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HBW Fall Open House this Friday
Please join us for our Fall Open House!Stop in this Friday between 10am - 1pm to chat with current staff members, browse our novel collection, and learn more about our great initiatives for the year!
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TODAY: Kevin Young @ KU
The Department of American Studies PresentsThe 2016 Bill Tuttle Distinguished LectureUninhabited : Race, Reading, and the ArchivesKevin YoungThursday, October 13th 3:30pmWoodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union
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ICYMI: October 2016 in Black Writing and Culture
Barry Jenkins' critically acclaimed new film Moonlight was released on the 21st. Based on the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, Jenkins takes viewers on an intimate look into the life of a young...
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ICYMI: The Last Week in Black Writing and Culture (11/1 - 11/6)
Mychal Denzel Smith, author of Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education (2016), is back with a “Black Boy Literary Survival Kit.” Smith recounts an early mentoring...
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The Inspiring Productivity of C. Liegh McInnis
HBW Board Member and blog contributor, Howard Rambsy, describes his initial encounters with C. Liegh McInnis who exemplifies the "art of possible." Jump over to the Cultural Front blog to read more...
View ArticleBook Review – The Storied South: Voices of Writers and Artists, William Ferris
[By Jerry Ward, Jr.]Ferris, William. The Storied South: Voices of Writers and Artists. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013. $ 35.00 ISBN 978-1-4696-0754-2Fred Hobson suggested in...
View ArticleThe Trump Election: When Black and White Bleed Red (Part I)
The Project on the History of Black Writing is committed to academic excellence and social responsibility. We welcome and encourage informed analysis and commentary.[By: C. Liegh McInnis]I vote for two...
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KU Contingent at the Opening Night of RACHEL
RACHEL by Angelina GrimkeDirected by KU’sNicole Hodges PersleyENDS THIS WEEKEND. A MUST-SEE!Angelina Grimke’s anti-lynching play RACHEL is one of the first plays written by an African American woman to...
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"A Tribute To Gwen..."
Reposted from our friends Julieanna Richardson and The HistoryMakers: The Nation's Largest African American Video Oral History CollectionI write with a heavy heart due to the passing of Gwen Ifill....
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America, who are we, and what are we going to tell the children?
Reposted from our friend Kevin Powell, originally posted over at Medium.The answer is blowin’ in the wind.The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind— BOB DYLANWell it’s like cranes in the...
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From the HBW Archives: "Lest We Forget" | MLK Day 2017
Today and everyday we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. You can explore more resources at the King Center digital archives.This poster was gifted to HBW by photojournalist Ernest...
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Remembering Gloria Naylor on Her Birthday
On this day in 1950, award-winning author Gloria Naylor was born in New York City. Here at HBW we continue to celebrate her life, memory, and contributions to Black writing. Here's a starter Gloria...
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