This Camels Back, For Sean Bell |
This Camel's Back
For Sean Bell
I.
Not concerned with the needle
in the haystack, or the pot
of gold at the mouth of rainbows.
Not on a crusade for the magic
stick, or fai...
Posted by Samantha on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:13:00 PST |
Meet My Editor! |
For anyone interested in the publishing business, or just interested in my journey, click the link to watch a brief but informative interview with my editor Stacey Barney at Penguin in ...
Posted by Samantha on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:05:00 PST |
The Black Messiahs Mistress |
This is something I experienced on the train this week.
The Black Messiah’s Mistress Winces on the L
9am subway car noisy with
Black teens. Black boy’s backpack
occupi...
Posted by Samantha on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:04:00 PST |
Update: My Lou Dobbs Letter |
So in looking at my Lou Dobbs letter (see previous post) I gave myself an assignment to cut everything I want to say down to one page. What an experiment! I decided to send this version of the le...
Posted by Samantha on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:06:00 PST |
An Open Letter to Lou Dobbs |
March 24, 2008
Two Sides of the Same Coin: An Open Letter to Lou Dobbs
Dear Lou:
I am stimulated, moved and angered by Anderson Cooper’s Shock and Awe...
Posted by Samantha on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:43:00 PST |
Message in a Bottle: |
This is a breathtaking blog by my friend Kenneth Foster Jr. that I thought I would share. A little backstory:
Kenneth Foster is a fellow poet and good friend of mine who was on Death Row in ...
Posted by Samantha on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:03:00 PST |
The Sweet and Sour of Now |
When he says I miss you, and I don't say it back, it results in an awkward stir in the air between us. I guess it's like the game of tennis. If someone serves you a ball and you don't hit it back, it'...
Posted by Samantha on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:24:00 PST |
Going Going Back Back to Tally Tally |
I think at various points in my life, it's important to return to the places that once held me and watched me grow, which explains my recent journey back to North Florida: Tallahassee and Jackson...
Posted by Samantha on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:21:00 PST |
If There Is Something to Desire |
If there is something to desire
there will be something to regret.
If there is something to regret
there will be something to recall.
It there is something to recall
there was nothing to regret.
If ...
Posted by Samantha on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:00:00 PST |
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly |
I heard from a friend that there is a new movie out about a man who wrote a memoir with an eyelid. Seeing that I'm struggling to write a novel with two hands, I was intrigued.
I recently&nb...
Posted by Samantha on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:16:00 PST |
