/tags/african-american-literature African-American Literature en-US Copyright Tue, 08 Sep 2020 21:09:28 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-09-08/a-visitation-of-kindred-spirits-friends-and-colleagues-remember-randall-kenan Last weekend, the literary community was rocked by news of local giant Randall Kenan’s passing. He died in his Hillsborough home late last week at the age… Tue, 08 Sep 2020 21:09:28 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-09-08/a-visitation-of-kindred-spirits-friends-and-colleagues-remember-randall-kenan Stacia Brown, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2020-09-08/a-visitation-of-kindred-spirits-friends-and-colleagues-remember-randall-kenan Last weekend, the literary community was rocked by news of local giant Randall Kenan’s passing. He died in his Hillsborough home late last week at the age… Tue, 08 Sep 2020 21:09:28 GMT /arts-culture/2020-09-08/a-visitation-of-kindred-spirits-friends-and-colleagues-remember-randall-kenan Stacia Brown, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-03-19/an-american-marriage-author-tayari-jones-on-how-writing-that-book-broke-her-heart Tayari Jones is committed to writing about the South as she sees it. Her critically-acclaimed novels are all deeply rooted in Atlanta and explore the… Tue, 19 Mar 2019 16:13:31 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-03-19/an-american-marriage-author-tayari-jones-on-how-writing-that-book-broke-her-heart Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2019-03-19/an-american-marriage-author-tayari-jones-on-how-writing-that-book-broke-her-heart Tayari Jones is committed to writing about the South as she sees it. Her critically-acclaimed novels are all deeply rooted in Atlanta and explore the… Tue, 19 Mar 2019 16:13:31 GMT /arts-culture/2019-03-19/an-american-marriage-author-tayari-jones-on-how-writing-that-book-broke-her-heart Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2014-11-12/more-than-just-a-cakewalk In popular culture, the term cakewalk means anything that is effortless and easy.But the word dates back to a pre-Civil War dance originally performed by… Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:02:35 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2014-11-12/more-than-just-a-cakewalk Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2014-11-12/more-than-just-a-cakewalk In popular culture, the term cakewalk means anything that is effortless and easy.But the word dates back to a pre-Civil War dance originally performed by… Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:02:35 GMT /arts-culture/2014-11-12/more-than-just-a-cakewalk Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2014-10-14/tobe-an-african-american-childrens-book-ahead-of-its-time First published in 1939 by UNC Press, the picture book Tobe was a rare children's story featuring an African-American protagonist. The book follows a boy… Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:01:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2014-10-14/tobe-an-african-american-childrens-book-ahead-of-its-time Will Michaels, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2014-10-14/tobe-an-african-american-childrens-book-ahead-of-its-time First published in 1939 by UNC Press, the picture book Tobe was a rare children's story featuring an African-American protagonist. The book follows a boy… Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:01:00 GMT /arts-culture/2014-10-14/tobe-an-african-american-childrens-book-ahead-of-its-time Will Michaels, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2014-01-23/how-black-authors-write-about-u-s-law-and-race From enslavement to the one-drop rule to the three-fifths compromise, United States law has defined African-American identity. Duke University professor… Thu, 23 Jan 2014 17:05:30 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2014-01-23/how-black-authors-write-about-u-s-law-and-race Nicole Campbell, Frank Stasio /law/2014-01-23/how-black-authors-write-about-u-s-law-and-race From enslavement to the one-drop rule to the three-fifths compromise, United States law has defined African-American identity. Duke University professor… Thu, 23 Jan 2014 17:05:30 GMT /law/2014-01-23/how-black-authors-write-about-u-s-law-and-race Nicole Campbell, Frank Stasio