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Samhain to close February 28th – Although the website does not, as of this point, reflect the news, apparently emails have been going out to alert readers to the imminent closing of Samhain. Given the past history of back-and-forth on this issue, I’m not calling it over yet. There are ... more >
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How Frederick Douglass Harnessed the Power of Portraiture to Reframe Blackness in America – If you’ve missed some of our latest national embarrassments, check out The Root‘s coverage of the Trump -Frederick Douglass snafu before reading the above essay on Douglass and 19th C U.S. portraiture. At least it’s an opportunity to ... more >
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Black History Month anthology seeks to broaden scope of African literature – October is Black History Month in the UK (in Canada and the US it’s February), and in commemoration, Bahati Books is releasing a story a day, culminating in a free digital anthology — Black History: The Anthology — at the end ... more >
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Game of Thrones Author Warns HBO Show May Kill Off Book Characters – So HBO is diverging from the George R.R. Martin source material and has plans to kill off several characters in the highly successful Game of Thrones series. The announcement serves as a good reminder that film adaptations ... more >
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Harper Lee: ‘Trade frenzy’ and ‘concern’ over new book – In the wake of news that a new (old) Harper Lee novel is going to be published, there has been much anticipation and much concern regarding the circumstances under which this book is being released, especially since the announcement comes ... more >