We Griots write to celebrate our ancestors. When it was illegal to teach us, they rebelled and carried our history in their hair, recipes, and songs. Their narratives are the […]
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Harlem Book Fair 2024 Recap
By Marc W. Polite Good afternoon, everyone. Yesterday, the annual Harlem Book Fair took place on 125th street and Seventh Avenue. In spite of the off and on rain, crowds […]
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National Black Writers Conference 2024 Mini Recap
By Marc W. Polite Greetings my readers. I hope you are all enjoying your Good Friday. Last Saturday, I attended the seventeenth National Black Writers Conference at Medgar Evers College […]
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Meet The Harlem Writers Guild At The Schomburg Literary Festival 2023
By Marc W. Polite Greetings, my readers! On Saturday, June 17th, 2023 the Fifth Annual Schomburg Literary Festival will take place. Located at 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, the festival will […]
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Black Future Newstand Goes Live in Harlem Throughout Juneteenth Week
Black Future Newsstand: An Afrofuturist Media Experience Goes Live in Harlem Throughout Juneteenth Week Harlem — This Juneteenth, the Black Thought Project and Media 2070 will join forces to unveil […]
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