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Poetry Review: Janet Marie Rogers’ Unearthed [Culturelicious]
By Guest Contributor Jorge Antonio Vallejos, cross-posted from Black Coffee Poet Amazing! If I could get away with a one-word review the above would be it. But let’s go a little deeper. My first...
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Why I Love Outdated: Why Dating Is Ruining Your Love Life [Culturelicious]
By Sexual Correspondent Andrea (AJ) Plaid MTV ruined my mom’s hope for the Good Black Life for me, she said: Black husband, Black children, Black neighborhood. All because of the pretty white boys...
View ArticleComing Attractions: Jiro Dreams Of Sushi [Culturelicious]
By Arturo R. García You might want to keep an eye out at your local arthouse theaters around March 9, when Jiro Dreams of Sushi is scheduled for release. As the trailer above begins, David Gelb’s...
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Much Ado About Race, Class, Gender, and Cuba [Culturelicious]
On Sunday, I walked into the Shakespeare Theatre to join a bunch of academics in a three part discussion about the currently playing update of Much Ado About Nothing. I tweeted about the event that...
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Announcement: 2012 Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival Now Accepting...
By Arturo R. García The Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival contacted us with the heads-up: the submission period has opened for this year’s event, scheduled to run June 16-17 at the Japanese...
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R.I.P Don Cornelius (1936-2012)
By Arturo R. García He was both the host and the ambassador for generations of artists, dancers, and music lovers. He was a journalist and an activist. And he was the conductor of “the hippest trip in...
View ArticleVoices: Remembering Don Cornelius [Culturelicious]
When I looked at “Soul Train” host Don Cornelius back in the ‘70s, I didn’t see a pro-black entrepreneur who would become the “African American” Dick Clark. I saw my dad. And his entire generation. -...
View ArticleOpen Thread: The 2012 Grammy Awards
By Arturo R. García The more I think about this year’s Grammy Awards, the harder it becomes to figure them out. For starters, I can’t imagine what Jennifer Hudson was feeling while singing her take on...
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An Interview With Former USA National Poetry Series Winner Adrian Matejka...
By Guest Contributor Jorge Antonio Vallejos, cross-posted from Black Coffee Poet Adrian Matejka is the author of The Devil’s Garden (Alice James Books, 2003), Mixology (Penguin USA, 2009), and The Big...
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Race + Comedy: Goatface Confronts Expectations in ‘Pilot Season’...
Illustration by Caitlin M. Boston By Guest Contributor Caitlin M. Boston Have you heard the joke about the time that two Indians, an Afghan, and an Iranian-Greek guy who walked into a bar and hatched a...
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Ten Diverse Web Shows To Solve HBO’s Girls Problem [Culturelicious]
By Guest Contributor Aymar Jean Christian, cross-posted from Televisual So, HBO has a problem with Girls. Mainly, that a lot of smart people are really pissed the show is so white! And they’re right....
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Interview: Fabio Fernandes on We See A Different Frontier Project...
By Guest Contributor Jaymee Goh, cross-posted from Silver Goggles Courtesy The Future Fire Earlier this month, I posted about The Future Fire’s PeerBackers project, We See A Different Frontier, an...
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‘Ain’t Is A Real Word’: The Rise Of The MelaNated Writers Collective...
Members of the MelaNated Writers Collective. Courtesy: Kristina F. Robinson By Guest Contributor Kristina K. Robinson In the few years preceding my acceptance into a Master of Fine Arts program in...
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Behind The Scenes With Shawn Peters
by Guest Contributor Rob Fields, originally published at Bold As Love Over the course of the last few years, you’ve probably heard me mention Shawn Peters in relation to the great curating he’s been...
View ArticleVideo: Kicking Off Our New Year With Some Junot Diaz
As Latoya mentioned at the time, we dealt with not only the holidays but some technical glitches to close out the year. Those are in the past now, thank goodness (and some folks who offered their...
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The Racialicious San Diego Comic Con Preview: Thursday + Friday
By Kendra James Well, it’s that time of year again! Under the cut you’ll find the panels and presentations for Thursday and Friday at San Diego Comic Con 2013. Arturo and I will be live-tweeting panels...
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Diverse Reads: The 2013 Brooklyn Book Festival
The Brooklyn Book Festival runs from September 16th-22nd, but the main stage of events takes place on the festival’s final day, September 22nd. There are over 40 panels open to the public and...
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Wrapped: New York Comic Con May Need To Move Out
New York Comic Con: Bringing together Rainbow Dashes of all ages. 2013: The year when, at 130,000 attendees, New York Comic Con officially outgrew the Jacob Javits Center. And unfortunately, because of...
View ArticleSpirit Day Special: Women and the Word Takes The Show On The Road
By Arturo R. García The documentary Women and the Word would be worth spotlighting any day, but it’s an especially good time to consider it on Spirit Day. The all-woman project spotlights a group of...
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NYCC Panel Recap; Geeks Of Color Assemble!: Minorities in Fandom
by Kendra James The Geeks Of Color Assemble!: Minorities in Fandom panel featured friends of the R activist, academic, and steampunk blogger Diana Pho (who acted as moderator) and fantasy author N.K...
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