Around Town: NYC Book Events in May

by Rachel Weiss-Feldman New York City is ripe with literary-related events, many of which are free of charge. Panels and events about blogging, political scandals, award-winning young writers, Japanese-American history, and more. Don’t stay home—go out and read, hear, and talk about books! Check out a selection of this month’s…

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Guest Blog: Reclaiming Black Women of Distinction

Reclaiming Black Women of Distinction – by Sonia Adams, Guest Blogger Sonia Adams is an Independent Literary Scholar, Educator, and Poet. Her areas of scholarship are Transnational Ethnic Women’s and Multicultural American Literatures, Contemporary Avant Garde Poetry and Poetics, and Creative Writing Studies. She works and resides in Brooklyn.   Engaging in literary recovery…

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