NUBIAN KNIGHTS NETWORK: Wednesday, June 24, 2009

QUOTATIONS OF "BLACK"

"Whenever I use BLACK it relates to some history of Africans in that particular place. It’s the idea of the color BLACK as a metaphor, or as a representation of African-Americans. It’s the notion of BLACK- BLACKNESS - and all its other meanings in relation to the history of race..."

- Fred Wilson

"Most of my fortitude to continue doing the work comes from the moral outrage I feel about the injustices that Black people endure disproportionately daily."

- N. Abdul-Wakil

"In the end, what matters is not skin shade but pan-African consciousness. Loving your complexion, your nose, lips, hair length and texture, no matter what the politics or trends decide, and simply be. That's the problem with us (African folks). We're still learning how to love ourselves. So used to glorifying others and putting others first..."

- Dredlocks Tree

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Other Countries: Black Gay Expression Monthly Writing Workshop

Other Countries: Black Gay Expression Monthly Writing Workshop

The second June 2009 Other Countries Monthly Writing Workshop will be:

Date & Time: Saturday, June 27th from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location:
Room 102
LGBT Community Services Center
208 West 13th Street (between 7th & 8th Avenues)
New York, NY 10011

If you plan to present work on June 27th:

please confirm with Kevin McGruder by Thursday, June 25th at kevmcgr[at]pipeline.com
bring 8-10 copies of your work for distribution

For those interested, we will go out to dinner afterward at a nearby restaurant.

Below are guidelines for the workshop.

Other Countries Writing Workshop Discussion/Critique Guidelines

The Other Countries Writing Workshop is a peer-facilitated workshop. In order to ensure a supportive atmosphere and to encourage constructive criticism of work please keep the following in mind:

Before reading their work, writers should introduce it by telling about the FAP (Focus, Audience, and Purpose) for the piece as well as its genre. They should think of specific questions they want answered by the workshop, e.g. “Is this ready for submission to literary journals?” “Does this first chapter pull you into my novel’s story?” “Does this character seem too cardboard or cliché?”
The moderator will facilitate the discussion/critique of the work
Participants should:

- avoid cross talk between other participants while a comment is being made
- address both positives and negatives in the work;
- avoid extraneous “amen-ing” (repeating the comments) of previous speakers;
- avoid personal commentary of the writer and others;
- provide suggestions for further development of the work, etc.

BKS 1 Radio's Special Guest: Cory Zooman Miller as Prez Barack Obama

I found another video on YouTube. This guy Cory is really, really, really FUNNY! He's off da freakin' chain! Fo' real! LOL!

He's the first comic that I know of to impersonate Barack and if he plays his cards right could blow up more in the future (unless he's already blown up as I don't really follow comedians).