Sep
03
JSTOR Daily as the “Anti-Red Bull”
Contently reviewed JSTOR Daily’s growing success and readership and I am proud to be part of the team…
Aug
10
Teaching Ferguson
Having just finished teaching a seminar inspired by #TheFergusonSyllabus movement and momentum, I am thankful to Darnell L. Moore for pulling together these powerful readings, focusing on activists and scholars reacting to Mike Brown’s death in Ferguson last summer. Moore’s A Ferguson Syllabus: Reading a Movement is filled with wonderfully rich resources. In his own words: Names like #MikeBrown, #RekiaBoyd and […]
Apr
01
Tupac Shakur at the Grammy Museum
My reflections on Tupac’s life and legacy, as inspired by All Eyez on Me: the Writings of Tupac Shakur at the Grammy Museum, Los Angeles, now through January 2016.
Mar
31
Writing from the Stomach, Cooking for the Heart
An essay (of which I am particularly fond and proud) about the joys of cooking for Desert Jewels…
Jun
26
Bali to Cali: Bridging the Distance through Writing & Art
In 2014, I received a Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs grant to travel to Bali. During my arts residency at Yayasan Bali Purnati, I met and interviewed artists and began a series of writing about their work. Please explore this time and process with me in Kate Johnson and Michael Masucci’s video production, From Bali […]
Jun
23
Los Angelenos at Yayasan Bali Purnati
Readers, you’re invited to… Los Angelenos at Yayasan Bali Purnati An afternoon tour of cultural exchange in Bali & Java with Ellen C. Caldwell and Sara Velas Saturday, June 28th, 2014 4-6 pm @ The Velaslavasay Panorama 1122 West 24th Street Los Angeles, California 90007 Reservations are not necessary for this free event. In February […]
Jun
18
In just two minutes…”Proud To Be”
So, I’m obsessing with this video Proud To Be. I showed it in my seminar a month ago, after the NFL wouldn’t air it during the Super Bowl and before it aired on TV during the NBA playoffs. In just two minutes, it successfully does what I try to do in at least four weeks of […]
May
29
Reading Rainbow Redo
LeVar Burton launched his Reading Rainbow Kickstarter yesterday, May 28th, hoping to collect $1 million in pledges to go towards relaunching and rebooting Reading Rainbow. In just 11 hours, he reached his goal and the pledges just keep coming. This video update at the million dollar marker is simply tear-worthy: Reading Rainbow Kickstarter reaches $1 million As a […]
May
28
Maya Angelou on writing, art, and inspiration
In these days following the killings in Isla Vista, I’ve been in a bit of a fog trying to process the tremendous loss and complex implications of the shooter’s motivations and words. In this wake of bitterness, sorrow, and frustration, I felt an even greater, yet unrelated sadness when I heard that Dr. Maya Angelou […]