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• Miami Book Fair International: 2011 Confirmed Authors (Alphabetical)

  
  
  
  Alphabetical Listing as of September 30, 2011  
  
  Adam Haslett -   Union Atlantic
  Adam Mansbach -   Go the F**k to Sleep
  Adrian Castro -   I'm the One with the Blue Cap On by Jeffrey Knapp
  Adrian Tomine -   Scenes' [...]
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• Marcus Garvey's Courage

  
  
  I've often wondered about Marcus Garvey's courage. In the face of the most implacable enemy, he maintained his poise. Two of my favorite quotes from Marcus Garvey are "Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences," and "If you have no confidence in'" [...]
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• Author Event: Lynne Barrett Reads from Magpies

  
  
  October 1, 2011 Books & Books 265 Aragon Avenue Coral Gables, FL
  
  Start: 7:00 pm
  In Magpies (Carnegie-Mellon University Press, $17.95), Lynne Barrett's characters move through the past decade's glitter and darkness. From the Internet's fragmented pages to a gossip columnist's sweet poison to an ABCs of [...]
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• "The Power of the Diaspora" Premieres in Barbados.

  
  
  
  Dr Keith Nurse is Director of the Shridath Ramphal Center at UWI, and Chair of CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution. His  ground-breaking documentary "Forward Home" about the economic power of the Caribbean Diaspora,  had its World Premiere in Toronto earlier month at the CaribbeanTales 2011 Film [...]
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• One More Reason to Exonerate Marcus Garvey: Gratitude

  
  
  
  
  What goes around…comes around. Both good and bad. In this case, it is my gratitude to Marcus Garvey, who has inspired my writing and the creation of this blog, which has fueled my desire for his exoneration.
  
  
  I taught Marcus Garvey for many [...]
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• 100 Thousand Poets for Change: Pembroke Pines

  
  
  Here's one of the poems I read at 100 Thousand Poets for Change in Pembroke Pines, Florida
  
  Letter from Marcus Garvey London, 9 June 1940
  When I was in the Atlanta Federal Prison I chanted through the silence, "Keep cool, keep cool," For I didn't want to see twisted bodies' [...]
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• Afro-Beat Journal, Issue 2: Live!

  
  
  Afro-Beat Journal, edited by Jacqueline Bishop, is now online [afrobeatjournal.org]
  Enjoy the bounty!
  Feature Articles
  
  "Pan-African Rhythms: Exploring the Cultural and Political Influences of Randy Weston’s Music" by Jason Squinobal
  "Last of the Octogenarians (?): An Encounter with Elder Steve Rhodes of Nigeria" [...]
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• "24 hrs 2 Guinea" by Cynthia James

  
  24 hrs 2 Guinea
  the rosewood dawn recedes, thin laced with milk-heart signatures;  the ice below thaws; brown strangled tufts raise pickanini heads in cracks of sidewalks
  bees are not yet out, but ants climb up and down viburnum stalks (flush now with scented clusters where scarce a month ago this [...]
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• Exonerate Marcus Garvey: Petition on the White House Site

  
  
  The time to act is now!
  The White House has created an online tool to petition President Obama's administration. In order to act on the petition, the White House must receive 5000 signatures.
  I have already created the petition on the White House site and I will need [...]
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• Call for Papers: Special Issue of the Journal of West Indian Literature

  
  
  Michael A. Bucknor (University of the West Indies-Mona) and Ian Bethell-Bennett (College of the Bahamas) extend an invitation to submit articles for a special issue of the Journal of West Indian Literature for publication in April 2012. The issue will focus on “Masculinities in Caribbean [...]
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