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Elizabeth Catlett Exhibition opens today, 24 January-- 25 February, 2014
ELIZABETH CATLETT EXHIBITION.... today JUNE KELLY GALLERY Address: 166 Mercer St, New York, NY 10012 Phone:(212) 226-1660 Exhibition Dates: 24 January – 25 February 2014 REMEMBERING ELIZABETH...
View ArticleMarvin X poem for Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
Marvin X poem for Miles Davis - Sketches of SpainI am Othelloloving Desdemonaso in loveIago will take me out for surebut for nowDesdemona is my queenI am the Moorwho came to Spain 711crossing the...
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Murder on Campus at South Carolina State
Fanon taught us about internal violence and external violence. We remember the Orangeburg massacre of the 60s or State violence against students. Now it is students themselves who have internalized...
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Photos of Marvin X, et al.
Nisa Ra, Muhammida and Marvin X Amira, Nefertiti, Muhammida and dad, Marvin X Marvin X with Fred Hampton, Jr. Academy of da Corner students, President L. Davis and Reginald James Academy of da Corner...
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Call for a West Coast Anthology of Poems for Amiri Baraka; The coldest winter...
Marvin X is calling for all West Coast poets to contribute poems to an anthology dedicated to the memory of Amiri Baraka, published by Black Bird Press, Berkeley, late 2014. Send poems, bio and pic to...
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Chickenbones on Amiri Baraka by Editor Rudolph Lewis
ChickenBones: A Journal is dedicated to Nathaniel Turner, prophet of Southampton, and Marcus Bruce Christian, Poet of New Orleans.Saturday, January 11, 2014Amiri Baraka SpeaksWhy Is We Americans?By...
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Black Arts West: The Black Arts Movement and its influences, UC Merced, Feb...
Black Arts West Theatre, Fillmore Street, San Francisco, 1966, was organized by Marvin X, Ed Bullins, Ethna Wyatt (Hurriyah Asar), Hillary Broadous, Duncan Barber and Carl Bossiere. Danny Glover also...
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Books by Marvin X
Marvin X is now available for speaking and reading engagements. Call 510-200-4164Order his books from: Black Bird Press, 1222 Dwight Way, Berkeley CA 94702Some titles are out of print. Call...
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Register for the Black Arts Movement Conf. at UC Merced
ucmercedbamconference201450 Years On: Celebrating The Black Arts MovementSkip to contentAboutSearch for:To Register for the Black Arts Movement Conference in Merced, CA, click onto this link:...
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The Black Arts Movement: Literary Nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s
The Black Arts MovementLiterary Nationalism in the 1960s and 1970sJames Edward SmethurstAwards & Distinctions2006 James A. Rawley Prize, Organization of American HistoriansA 2005 Choice Outstanding...
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Marvin X in Harlem for private reception
On the eve of NYU's tribute to poets Jayne Cortez and Amiri Baraka, Marvin X will be honored at a private reception, hosted by poet/activist Rashidah Ismaili Sat., Feb 1, 2014. With Walter Mosley,...
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Black Arts Movement East St. Louis--Eugene Redman
Poet/ Professor Emeritus, Dr. Eugene Redman, East St. Louis, MOHe will participate in the Black Arts Movement Conf., UC Merced
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Marvin X At the Black Caucus of California Community Colleges, Fresno City...
Marvin X at NYU Feb 4Marvin X in Fresno at Hinton Center, Feb 22Black Arts Movement Conference, University of California, MercedFeb 28 thru March 2, 2014Kim McMillan & Marvin X, Producers
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Have you heard a woman moan late into the night cause her man is gone?
Have you hearda woman moanlate into the nightcause her man is gone?Have you hearda woman wailjust before dawncause her man is goneHave you heard her cryOh, Jesus Jesus Jesusbefore noon timecause her...
View ArticleBillie Holiday : Fine and mellow (1957)
Billie Holiday – Fine & Mellow LyricsSongwriters: BILLIE HOLIDAYBillie holidayMy man don't love meTreats me oh so meanMy man he don't love meTreats me awfullyHes the, lowest manThat Ive ever seeHe...
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Third World Press Tribute to AB
Amiri Baraka(1934 to 2014)Third World Press pauses to pay tribute to Amiri Baraka—poet, activist, historian, cultural critic. He was one of the most significant voices of our times. As we reflect and...
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Split this Rock Poetry Festival
LATEST NEWS2014 Festival Registration Now Open!Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation & Witness 2014 invites poets, writers, activists, and dreamers to Washington, DC for four days...
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Call for Submissions for a Black Arts West Anthology of Poems for Amiri...
COMMENTMarvin, with the passing of our beloved Amiri Baraka, flooding tears started coming into our work. However, just as The Creator & Ancestors would have it, Amiri has left us all with a song...
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