“Black Courage” by Maven Gardner
November 9, 2017
Black Courage There are wolves in wolves clothing Telling the weak That the sheep are the ones to fear, You are that sheep baby boy. Courage runs in your blood, So you will be tapped into.
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Category: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Writing “So Far Away”
October 30, 2017
When Ta-Nehisi Coates took the stage in 2015 to discuss his breakout memoir, Between the World and Me, as part of SAL’s Literary Arts Series, local folk musician and Bushwick Book Club artist R...
“I Used To,” by WITS Student Joseph Hairston
November 16, 2015
I Used To I used to worry about my life: what will make me finally draw that smile, what makes me chase the dreams. But as soon as I hit high school, things weren’t as they seem.
Introductions: Ta-Nehisi Coates
November 10, 2015
On October 29, SAL Executive Director Ruth Dickey introduced Ta-Nehisi Coates to the resounding applause of a sold-out crowd at McCaw Hall, for SAL’s 2015/16 Literary Arts Series. I first met T...
How Will the Greatest African Superhero Handle Race in America? An Essay on Ta-Nehisi Coates
November 9, 2015
By Aaron Counts, WITS Writer-in-Residence This essay was first published on October 26, 2015 on LitHub, on the occasion of SAL’s program featuring Ta-Nehisi Coates in the 2015/16 Literary Arts...