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Happiness, Success, Hip Hop By Kwan Booth (May 28, 2007-Oakland Post) Last Tuesday in a scene that resembled a southern baptist revival, Russell Simmons, the hip hop entrepreneur behind Def Jam Records, Def Comedy Jam and Phat Farm Clothing, shared the secrets of his...
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Nathaniel Mackey wins National Book Award By Kwan Booth (November 22, 2006-Oakland Post) Staff Writer In a turn of poetic justice, African American poet Nathaniel Mackey has been awarded the 2006 National Book Award for his latest poetry collection, “Splay...
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Katrina Survivors: “We Want our money” Artists and organizers raise funds for victims By Kwan Booth Staff Writer By all estimates the Bay Area houses as many as 2000 families displaced by Hurricane Katrina. They are living in hotels, donated houses,...
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Dancing with Language: The Poems of Quincy Troupe By Kwan Booth (April 15, 2007-Whatchusay.com) For the over 30 years, the poet, professor, biographer and memoirist Quincy Troupe has been fooling around with words. From 1972’s “Embry” to the...
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Ask painter Raymond Saunders anything about his life and he’ll give you rambling answers brimming with asides and anecdotes. He’ll talk freely about his childhood in Pittsburgh or attending the famed Carnegie Institute. He’ll gladly divulge details...
