by Boothism | Arts & Culture
The turnout at Saturday’s Black Futurists Speaks: New Queer Black reading proved that Oakland’s qpoc literary scene is huge and vibrant and ready for more events that speak to their styles and sensibilities. Of course, I’m sure it had a lot...
by Boothism | Arts & Culture, Creative, Media, Writing
From One Virginian to Another You sir, have been dipped in asshole sauce and baked to an embarrassing glaze. You sir, wrapped in tabloid newsprint, are stinking up the kitchen with your fishiness. You Chris, will be forever remembered as the singer who gave Virginia-...
by Boothism | Arts & Culture, Essays & Commentary, Writing
I was a little shocked this morning when I was checking emails and upcoming events and realized that I was in the future. The new black is now. If the “Attending” numbers on Facebook events are accurate, then tomorrow night the African American Arts and Cultural...
by Boothism | Arts & Culture, Essays & Commentary, Writing
I found out a couple of days ago that Kirkus Review is shutting it’s doors and it kinda felt like someone had hit me in the chest with a hardback copy of Infinite Jest, ie. it stung, more than a little. And I know that outside of authors and folks in the book...
by Boothism | Arts & Culture, Interviews, Journalism, Writing
Article originally published on Oakland Local Virtually all artists flirt with the divine when they work, delving deep into themselves and their beliefs in the name of creation. But for artist and curator Cicely Sweed art is a chance to dialog with ancestors, a...
by Boothism | Arts & Culture, Essays & Commentary, Media, social justice, Writing
(Props to The Hood Nerd for his original post.) CNN, we have a problem. By now most people have heard of Derrion Albert, the 16 year old Chicago honor student killed in the middle of a gang brawl last week. The incident was caught on video and has sparked all the...
