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Al Jazeera’s The Stream: Language, Race & Racism in the US
Earlier today, I took part in a discussion on Al Jazeera’s The Stream about the use of the “N-word” with Dr. Cornel West, Tim Wise, Akiba Solomon and Mychal Smith. THE TOPIC: Have African-Americans...
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Booklist starred review for Bird of Paradise!
Just in time for my publication date tomorrow!
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Huffington Post Reviews Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
Raquel Cepeda is hip-hop. Her work, her experiences, and her voice encapsulate the history and aesthetics of the hip-hop generation. Cepeda, a leading journalist whose work has appeared in People, the...
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International Women’s History Month Literary Festival in Baltimore, Maryland
Yesterday was a great day at the Enoch Pratt library in Baltimore. Only four days after the release of my book Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina, I had the honor of sitting on a panel with my new...
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NYC Book Signing and Discussion on Wednesday the 13th!
MAKE SURE YOU RSVP FOR THIS EVENT ASAP AT NoMAAProg@nomaanyc.org!
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AL JAZEERA’S THE STREAM: Uncovering Latina suicides
Earlier today I took part in a discussion on Al Jazeera’s The Stream about what’s driving the high depression and suicide ideation rates in America with my homegirl Beatriz Coronel (LIP),...
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Mark Anthony Neal and I talk “Bird of Paradise” on Left of Black
I had the honor of being interviewed by Duke University Professor, Scholar, Author and Original B-Boy Mark Anthony Neal today on his webcast Left of Black. Check it out.
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SPIN Video Premiere: WHITE MANDINGOS “GHETTO IS TRYNA KILL ME”
Earlier this morning SPIN debuted my husband Sacha Jenkins SHR‘s band’s video off their forthcoming album, dropping in June. Check it out. Keep up with The White Mandingos on Facebook. They’re good...
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Apocalypse Now… Right Now!
Jenna Blum I remember the call from my agent Ayesha Pande like it happened a few minutes ago although it went down a couple weeks prior to the March 5th launch of my book, Bird of Paradise: How I...
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Ebony.com Reviews “Bird of Paradise”
CONTINUE READING HERE. First of all, loving Ebony.com. It’s a really great looking site. Bravo! Secondly, while I didn’t entirely agree with the review, mainly the idea of whether or not Bird of...
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“The Sisterhood of Generation I (Adult Children of Immigrants)” by Melody Moezzi
Author Melody Moezzi waxes poetic on what binds us in Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina. She also writes about the risks children of immigrants (mostly hailing from communities of color) take...
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The Week in Review
Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of sitting on a panel—it started at 8:00AM!—hosted by the ACLU and Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) at the gorgeous Newseum in D.C. The panel, filmed by C-SPAN...
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The Miseducation of Raquel Cepeda…
…inspired this short essay I was invited to write for Latina Style magazine.
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Because it’s #ThrowbackThursday: “Snapshot of a Pseudo-Revolutionary Poetry...
A snippet of this poem is also in my book Bird of Paradise… Snapshot of a Pseudo-Revolutionary Poetry Reading Entered the room full of my brothers and sisters Beautiful faces Different shades of Black...
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Pray for Boston
We were in Boston over the weekend looking at universities with my daughter Djali Rancher as Boston marathon runners and their families were checking in to our hotel and going on practice runs around...
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Arkansas Literary Festival
The Arkansas Literary Festival in Little Rock was, for the most part, awesome. I loved my first panel (although I wished it took place an hour later) at the Central Library. The moderator brought up...
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Fly Girl in Nerdland: My Appearance on Melissa Harris-Perry
I can’t front: I was a bit nervous. I have an intellectual #girlcrush on Melissa Harris-Perry. She is one of the smartest women on the planet and certainly an anomaly in the world of television...
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Postscript: Melissa Harris-Perry and Glam Belleza Latina
Melissa Harris-Perry producer Shanta N. Covington wrote a cool postscript about my book that starts: The proposed immigration deal introduced last month by the Gang of Eight was one of many issues...
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Time Flies When [OR] My Life in Lovetaps
It’s been a long time: a little over a month to be exact. I had started and deleted several blog postings over the last five weeks—I usually like to talk about cool events after they’ve happened out of...
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