Ventures Category
Gordon Parks at Jack Shainman Gallery

There are countless images of young white men joyfully swimming around naked: Winslow Homer, Marsden Hartley, Thomas Eakins. But how many photos of black youth playing nude in the water can you name?
15 screenwriting lessons from Bridgerton
Posted on December 31, 2020 Leave a Comment

The only reason we know the name of the Duke’s mother is because the badass that is Lady Danbury (Adjoa Andoh) says her name before she passes. The main story of Daphne’s suitors continues as this backstory to the Duke and all he owes to Lady Danbury becomes the subplot.
Coming Out Reading 10/9!
Posted on October 8, 2020 Leave a Comment

Tomorrow 5-6pm Coming Out Reading at Lehman College!
Come hear the sui generis Mariam Bazeed, JK Chukwu, Edgar Gomez, and Mecca Jamilah Sullivan 🙂 Zoom link in flyer.
‘In Praise of Fragments’ by Meena Alexander
Posted on July 26, 2020 Leave a Comment

Syntax of flesh and stone and root
Anchoring us to ordinary earth.