Archive for August, 2008

Givens Foundation Accepting Applications for Black Writers Retreat

August 31, 2008
By Erica Mauter

Via The Dish: Greetings Black Writers in Minnesota! For more than 20 years, the Givens Foundation for African American Literature has been the only organization in the Twin Cities exclusively dedicated to advancing and celebrating black literature and writers. At the Givens Foundation, we understand that black writers are the future of African American literature....
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Mixed Kids are Gonna Have to Get By on Their Looks

August 24, 2008
By Erica Mauter

Via Liz Burr, I see the NY Times Freakonomics blog has posted on some research that blog and book author Steven Levitt has done on “the plight of mixed-race children.” *sigh* I can’t say it any better than Twanna Hines, who read the whole damn study and explains at the Huffington Post what a bunch of...
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