Sentences with phrase «for black writers»

As a founding board member of the I, Too, Arts Collective, Ladi'Sasha is a part of a group working to transform the historic landmark brownstone of American poet James Mercer Langston Hughes into a residency for Black writers.

Having opened a new market to Christian readers, furthered opportunities for black writers and editors, and nurtured a growing ministry, Stinson seemed to be primed for even greater things.

Not exact matches

Down under the Manhattan Bridge overpass, young writers and editors dressed in black crowd into the offices of Verso Books, open Brooklyn Lagers, and gird their loins for intellectual combat.

Besides Sowell, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University, other prominent figures in the black conservative movement are Glenn C. Loury, a professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government; Walter E. Williams, a professor of economics at George Mason University; I A. Parker, president of the Lincoln Institute for Research and Education, Inc.; Robert Woodson, president of the National Association of Neighborhood Enterprises; and Joseph Perkins, editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal.

It is for saying this that the barons of righteous social thought on racial matters, black and white, have condemned writers such as Steele [and, of course, Glenn Loury].

Black writers know what it means for the flesh to be despised, and know that there is no life of the spirit without the body and community.

This problem is especially acute for black women, both writers seem to be saying, because the structures neither of society nor of formal religion provide this grounding.

Certain of her correspondence, particularly a series of letters to her friend Maryat Lee withheld from publication until 1994, exposes a disturbing facet of her identity as a mid-century white Southerner: a taste for racial jokes and a visceral distaste for the very blackness of black people which seems irreparably out of joint with her identity as a believing Roman Catholic and a writer of theology - driven fiction.

According to some writers, this means that the word pepper should never be used for the Capsicums because of the confusion with black pepper.

For Ben Mims, food writer and cookbook author's Coconut and Earl Grey Scones, floral notes of orange and bitter black tea pair well with the rich aroma of coconut in these scones with the tea blended right inside.

Roger Frison - Roche, who lived in Chamonix at the time and went on to become one of the Savoie's most beloved writers, recalled that at evening events, black tie was routinely required for all guests — except athletes, who could attend wearing team uniforms.

Caroline Abrahams, NCH Cathy Ashley, Family Rights Group John Baker, Families Need Fathers Ruth Black, Ormiston Children & Families Trust Dorit Braun, Parentline Plus Dr Ann Buchanan, University of Oxford Dr Samantha Callan, Care for the Family and Edinburgh University Dr Hamish Cameron, Hon Consultant Child Psychiatrist, St George's Hospital Lisa Cohen, Jewish Unity for Multiple Parenting Mary Crowley, Parenting Forum Ruth Dalzell, National Children's Bureau Professor Brigid Daniel, University of Dundee Carol Daniel, Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council Helen Dent, Family Welfare Association Professor Judy Dunn, Institute of Psychiatry Professor Brid Featherstone, Bradford University Duncan Fisher, Fathers Direct Kate Green, Child Poverty Action Group Nicola Harwin, Women's Aid Joan Hunt, Oxford University Pip Jaffa, Parents Advice Centre, Belfast Sandra Horley OBE, Refuge Mary Macleod, NFPI Penny Mansfield, One Plus One Professor Michael Lamb, Cambridge University Dame Julie Mellor Jenny North, Relate Roger Olley, Children North East Chris Pond, NCOPF Terry Prendergast, Marriage Care Dame Gillian Pugh Kulbir Randhawa, Asian Family Counselling Service Karen Richardson, York Centre for Separated Families Ceridwen Roberts, Oxford University Yvonne Roberts, writer Jane Robey, National Family Mediation Mary Ryan, RTB Associates Dr Christine Skinner, University of York Jean Smith, Scoop Aid Jo Todd, Respect Dirk Uitterdijk, YMCA Gwen Vaughan, Gingerbread

There are 594 black women running for office this year, according to Black Women in Politics, a database run by writer Luvvie Ablack women running for office this year, according to Black Women in Politics, a database run by writer Luvvie ABlack Women in Politics, a database run by writer Luvvie Ajayi.

The first time Chirlane McCray stepped into City Hall, she was a 36 - year - old speech writer for then - Mayor David Dinkins — the city's first and only black mayor — in the early 1990s.

That fear is why Clinton's team has placed extra emphasis on having Bill Clinton — famously called the «first black president» by the writer Tony Morrison — on the stump for his wife.

Her schedule can read like a map of multiculturalism in New York: opening a 24 - hour center for L.G.B.T.Q. youth in Queens, touring an urban farm in East Harlem, a Hispanic Heritage event at Gracie Mansion one night and a transgender theater performance another, opening a substance use clinic at the Gay Men's Health Crisis headquarters in Manhattan, attending a reading of writer James Baldwin at a center for black culture — all since late September.

Last season, for example, excerpts from a moving essay by Pulitzer Prize - winning critic Hilton Als on iconic black author James Baldwin and his queer «children» provided the philosophical context, and prior to that, there was a poem by Lynette Yiadom - Boakye, the British - Ghanaian painter and writer.

A musician, very much Grateful Dead influenced, a writer, a retired banquet captain, skiier, Black belt in Wado Ryu karate, regular at the gym, Wiccan adept, SubGenius cultist, looking for a woman with an original thought in her head.

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Demetria is the former Relationships Editor and dating columnist at Essence magazine, and has been a freelance writer for The New York Times, The Guardian, People, VIBE, XXL, Black Enterprise and ESPN the Magazine.

Stop Dating Non-Black People Who Are Silent About Our Struggle [Opinion] When it comes to dating, this writer argues Black people can't afford to date I realize the irony of what I'm about to say, given I wrote this article for a website, but it's no secret that men spend far too much time online

Credited to three writers, «The Fighter» was directed by David O. Russell, who reportedly rewrote the screenplay during filming, adding humor to a project originally planned for Darren Aronofsky («The Wrestler,» «Black Swan»), who isn't exactly known for his light touch.

Movies like last year's «Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,» for example, written and directed by «Lethal Weapon» writer Shane Black, got the spirit just right: Black's movie showed plenty of affectionate nostalgia for pulp tradition, but its sense of energy and movement felt wholly contemporary.

Despite the backstage turmoil, Brubaker was an acclaimed release and an Oscar - nominated, career - finale triumph for co-screenwriter Arthur A. Ross, creator of Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954) and father of successful writer / director Gary Ross.

In a film filled with examples of whites either habitually exploiting blacks — or even in the case of the fundamentally decent but chronically guilt - stricken Schultz, deciding to «take responsibility» for them — Stephen's calculated and ultimately self - defeating betrayal of a figurative «brother» is truly diabolical and heartbreaking, not to mention a ballsy move for Tarantino, who could have easily gotten away cleaner as a white writer - director without hinging the back half of his movie on a case of Southern Stockholm Syndrome.

For Tony Stark's first outing post - «Avengers,» it was going to be hard to find a writer / director with as much a feel for the character's spiky throwaway one - liners as Joss Whedon, but Black delivered on that level and added surprising insight into the character's psyche, while also engineering one of the best Marvel rug - pulls ever with Ben Kingsley «s MandarFor Tony Stark's first outing post - «Avengers,» it was going to be hard to find a writer / director with as much a feel for the character's spiky throwaway one - liners as Joss Whedon, but Black delivered on that level and added surprising insight into the character's psyche, while also engineering one of the best Marvel rug - pulls ever with Ben Kingsley «s Mandarfor the character's spiky throwaway one - liners as Joss Whedon, but Black delivered on that level and added surprising insight into the character's psyche, while also engineering one of the best Marvel rug - pulls ever with Ben Kingsley «s Mandarin.

A young UCLA - trained writer from Pittsburgh, Shane Black, generated headlines, and fed the frenzy, when he made $ 1.75 million for «The Last Boy Scout.»

Writer / director James Toback, best known for movies like Bugsy, Two Girls and A Guy, and Black & White, is being accused by multiple women of sexual harassment over a 22 year period.

When Van Sant and writer Dustin lance Black arrived at Dan White's infamous «Twinkie Defense,» a palpable disgust for him and those who continue to speak homophobic speech and practice homophobic violence rippled through the celluloid.

The writer / director talked about first - time director challenges, trying to do something new with the zombie genre, creating new rules for the undead, putting together his cast, his specific visual approach, nabbing the Black Rebels Motorcycle Club to do the score, and much more.

Mother (**) Writer / Director Darren Aronofsky has two pet genres: Understated realism (The Wrestler) or grotesque psychological thrillers (Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan).

His latest announcement, though, confirms what had been rumoured and talked about for a while: he's attached to star in Doc Savage for co - writer / director Shane Black.

Over an ocean of caffeine, Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton and Scott Cooper — the stars and the writer - director, respectively, of the somber crime - drama «Black Mass» — gathered for a colorful conversation that began with the discovery of a mutual love of hardcore punk bands Agent Orange and the Dead Kennedys and ended with assorted tales of Bob Dylan sightings.

For my money it's a comedy, but of the blacker - than - black variety, which is exactly what you expect from writer - director McDonagh, who has already brought us the wickedly funny In Bruges, about two hitmen languishing in Belgium after killing an innocent bystander, and the astonishing play The Lieutenant Of Inishmore, a blood - soaked tale of mad Irish terrorists that I'm ashamed to say made me laugh until I cried.

Writer / Director Jordan Peele does something simple yet profound with his first film: populating a conventional horror movie structure with a black man as the hero and white people as villains, pulling audiences into a mind - set that others have been striving to for eons: the black person in America.

But discrimination didn't discourage him after the war from publishing with the help of «a talented young writer named Alex Haley» the debut issue of Essence Magazine, a short - lived precursor of the popular periodical for black females.

Margot at the Wedding (R for sexuality and profanity) Nicole Kidman handles the titular role in this family skeletons dramedy about a narcissistic writer who causes quite a stir after showing up unexpectedly with her adolescent (Zane Pais) for the impending wedding of her freewheeling sister (Jennifer Jason Leigh) to an unemployed artist (Jack Black).

After the 2011 black comedy The Guard, Brendan Gleeson reteams with writer - director John Michael McDonagh for a darker comical drama grappling with issues of faith and forgiveness.

Changing the writer and director for this third Iron Man movie turns out to be the best thing that could have happened, because Shane Black is a much more focussed filmmaker, and he gives this...

I interviewed Evan Narcisse — writer of the Rise of the Black Panther comics — for Sci - Fi Now.

The Bridge boasts both emerging writers and big names: book in for Barney Norris's rural drama Nightfall, from 28 April, and Martin McDonagh's black comedy about Hans Christian Andersen, A Very Very Very Dark Matter, from 10 October.

After pretty much destroying the box office this past weekend, and on track to take home a cool $ 1 billion dollars, «Iron Man 3» is a triumphant return for writer / director Shane Black.

Black became the icon for every maître d with a script tucked underneath his podium — not only did «Lethal Weapon» get sold for top dollar — particularly for a first time writer — but it attracted top talent like Mel Gibson and Danny Glover and became an international sensation that spawned three equally lucrative sequels.

Verhoeven claims that he and co — writer Gerard Soeteman spent 40 years researching Black Book and 20 years developing the script, and many of the details have been plucked from wartime records: Muntze is a stamp collector, for example, because the real head of the Dutch Gestapo was a stamp collector.

«Tallulah» Coming from «Orange is the New Black» writer Sian Heder, «Tallulah» proves a strong showcase for its performers.

The movie house will then host journalist and author Ta - Nehisi Coates, who is the latest writer for the comic book series, for a reading of his new book before a showing of «Black Panther» at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20.

The following quote from Ryan Coogler, writer and director of Black Panther — a superhero blockbuster — on working with Rachel Morrison, supports the notion that there is no reason for the dearth of women cinematographers behind the camera when shooting action — or any other kind of scene.

The writer and director of «Get Out» on Sunday, March 4, won an Oscar for his first film, taking a best original screenplay statue for the sociological thriller about a black man who meets his white girlfriend's family and finds a house of racial horrors.

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, God of War: Ascension, The Last of Us and Lost Planet 3 are nominated for the Writers Guild of America Videogame Writing Award, the organization announced today.