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February 10, 2022
Manthia Diawara in the Archive of Postcolonialism
His films put into practice the history of radical Black thought by placing generations of thinkers in conversation.
Elias Rodriques
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Fine ArtJanuary 10, 2022
The Black Arts Movement’s Revolution in the South
A new book offers a sweeping history of the radical art and institutions created in the South by the Black Arts Movement.
Elias Rodriques
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FilmNovember 4, 2021
What “Passing” Can Still Teach Us About Identity
A film adaptation of Nella Larsen’s novel dramatizes the mercurial and sometimes dangerous consequences of a person's performance of self in the public.
Elias Rodriques
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FictionMay 3, 2021
Richard Wright’s Lost Novel
In The Man Who Lived Underground, Wright offers a gothic tale of police violence and urban surrealism.
Elias Rodriques
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Cultural Criticism and AnalysisApril 26, 2021
The Craft of John Edgar Wideman
A conversation with one of the greatest living Black American writers on work, life, and why good fiction is like a game of basketball.
Elias Rodriques
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Jails and PrisonsMarch 29, 2021
Abolition Is a Collective Vision: An Interview With Mariame Kaba
A conversation about how the pandemic has raised the stakes for the abolition movement, collective care, and a world without prisons.
Elias Rodriques
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Cultural Criticism and AnalysisOctober 6, 2020
Claudia Rankine’s Dialogue With America
In Just Us, the poet offers a searing assessment of racism and loneliness in today’s America. But while she’s pessimistic about the present, she’s also hopeful about the future.
Elias Rodriques
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BiographyApril 21, 2020
Lorraine Hansberry’s Radicalism
For the playwright and activist, neither liberal reform nor countercultural art were enough. The very foundations of American democracy needed to be transformed.
Elias Rodriques
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FictionOctober 29, 2019
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Narratives of Freedom
History has always been a weapon in the hands of Ta-Nehisi Coates. Now, in his debut novel, the social critic and essayist sets out to recover those struggles for emancipation that have been lost to the past.
Elias Rodriques
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Racism and DiscriminationMay 7, 2019
When the Black Panthers Came to Algeria
In Algiers, Third World Capital, Elaine Mokhtefi captures a lost world of camaraderie, shared ideals, and frequent miscommunication.
Elias Rodriques