I’m sitting inside a storage closet. There is no office chatter coming from the hallway. Its Good Friday. This room houses a surplus of desk chairs piled high and paper products for the pantry kitchen around the corner that I have to restock.

Ryan Coogler and Michael B Jordan are the only men in film who are making movies about and for black boys. Their latest installment in this campaign, Black Panther, is a psychedelic adventure tragedy.

Paint brushes

how many times my mind wanders, 
Journeys, to thoughts of you
Memories that at times fail me

We at A Gathering of the Tribes are happy to announce that our latest edition "Word: An Anthology" can now be found at the Smithsonian Libraries' National Museum of African American History and Culture Library.

Josie kneels over the man, her back foot scooted beneath her with the front leg propped in a kneeling position. She assesses the scene, taking note of all the details; the man who’s not breathing, the AED beside him, and the people surrounding her. She taps the figure on the shoulder and shouts, “Are you OK?”

Jacitation
Jacitation

Jacitation

and no Amelioration

This sterling short story collection humorously explores the role of obtaining individual
expression through the power of personality, luck and perseverance.
 

Fun now
to take the late train in the evening
Sort of an evening out
even if one is going home.

A Wrinkle in Time Pushes Positive Message With Diverse Cast

In light of the month-long centennial retrospective of Ingmar Bergman’s films at Film Forum, I am excited to share a piece I wrote as an undergraduate on Cries and Whispers as seen through a prism of Feminist Literary Theory.

is probably an athlete,
or dancer--tall, slim easy
in her limbs as she rubs

I awoke in the morning on Dr. King’s Day
with his voice, his Dreams

Mom always says I ran before I could walk
don’t ask me how

African superhero Black Panther brings movie magic into reality with sold out theaters and record-breaking box office sales around the globe.

Only his mother ever saw his face.

Dumas died weeks after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the furious, fiery riots that followed. Dumas had moved with his family to Illinois, where he was teaching, and was only visiting New York City for a wedding when he was killed. 

Joan Didion is synonymous with provocative, ahead-of- her-time writing.

More flowers!

but i’m
gonna make this simple
you
kinda make my eyes dance and
i’m on an endless river bank
fuchsia rose petals under feet