Dr. Whit Frazier Peterson

The Gods in Small Doses: Stories by Josh Bell was reviewed in Foreword Reviews, which says it is “told in sharp and haunting prose, the[se] stories do a masterful job of blending the fantastical with the everyday."

To order: https://twp.ai/4iwDkt

#readUP

Last Day of #BlackHistoryMonth, posting my article on a little known speech #WEBDuBois gave on classical education at (Great Books) St John's College in Annapolis at the request of the only Black student there. Open Access. Dig the abstract & bookmark for later! amst.winter-verlag.de/article/AMST...

We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe | Folger Shakespeare Library Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...

"Kuwornu shares the diverse African presence in Renaissance Europe that he found: princes, ambassadors, saints, artists, scholars, and knights—all revealed through art from the period"
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Du Bois continues to amaze. His last message to the world... credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mu...

IG Live, this Thursday, about 5 PM EST to discuss the documentary and what comes next.

How Toni Morrison Brought Diverse Voices Into Publishing | All Of It | WNYC [REBROADCAST FROM June 17, 2025] You know Toni Morrison the writer, but what about Toni the editor? As she rose in literary fame, Morrison also worked in publishing as a senior editor...

Dana Williams on her interview with #ToniMorrison. If you're a Morrison fan and missed this, you'll want to catch it. It's priceless. Williams' book is now right up there on my list. www.wnyc.org/story/how-to...

Coming this year! Run by the National Urban League, so not subject to Govt $$$ and free to run the museum as free agents. urbancivilrightsmuseum.org

US judge orders reinstatement of Washington slavery exhibit The exhibit about people enslaved by George Washington was removed in January. Judge compared Trump administration to Ministry of Truth in dystopian Orwell novel "1984."

Black History Month and of course the administration tries to suppress Black History: www.dw.com/en/us-judge-...

Kalahari Hopscotch - Believer Magazine The following essay is adapted from a speech Greg Tate delivered at SAVVY Contemporary in Berlin, for their 2016 conference on Afro futurism. I. We are gathered here tonight to reflect upon all the rh...

Always worth a revisit. A classic of Afrofuturist literature. RIP the great late Greg Tate. www.thebeliever.net/kalahari-hop...

Chart showing usage statistics for African American Poetry a Digital Anthology. Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Alain Locke's The New Negro, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay.

As Black History Month winds down, seeing a new high in monthly traffic for the digital collection I edit on Af-Am Poetry: 37,000 users in February.

Writings by Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Claude McKay are the most in demand.

Some new additions to the site this month:

African American Poetry: "Four Lincoln University Poets" (Anthology, 1930) Anthology published at Lincoln University, featuring Langston Hughes, Edward Silvera, Waring Cuney, and William Allyn Hill

1. A simple digital edition of the volume "Four Lincoln University Poets" (1930). Including Langston Hughes, Edward Silvera, and Waring Cuney. All three influential Harlem Renaissance poets were undergrads at Lincoln at the same time!

scalar.lehigh.edu/african-amer...

Tobias Gregory · A Terrier and a Camel: Milton’s Theology Milton was an anticlerical, anti-hierarchical, individualistic godly Protestant. He belonged to no parish, sect or...

‘𝘋𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 matters because it mattered to Milton. You can ignore it and still enjoy his poetry, but if you become seriously interested in Milton your interest will sooner or later extend to his religious views.’

Tobias Gregory on Milton’s theology.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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The Giant Mess Behind the Supreme Court’s Tariffs Ruling The 6–3 decision was a rare victory, but it was crafted out of conflicts that leave almost nothing certain—including future tariff rulings.

Here, I explain the problems with basing the economy on the fictional powers the Supreme Court has given to itself and how the fights between Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh led to the awful JJ Abrams Rise of Skywalker. Kinda.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...

This is happening now.

Oh that is cool! Thanks for posting, definitely reposting this.

Now Accepting Applications for Book Reviews Editor - The Black Scholar The Black Scholar is seeking applicants for two Book Review Editors. The positions will start in mid-to-late 2025 and are for a two-year appointment, renewable by mutual consent. As members of the TBS...

The Black Scholar is still looking for a second Book Reviews Editor.
If you want to join us (and work alongside me), please apply!
I am available for any questions you may have about the gig.

www.theblackscholar.org/now-acceptin...

I'm so excited that this is coming out before I teach the Sociology of W.E.B DuBois again ❤️🖤💚

Same. Born in Staten Island in 76 and we left in a hurry in 78!

This Week in Literary History: The Gutenberg Bible is Published. This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Literary History newsletter—sign up here. On February 23, 1455 (or so), Johannes Gutenberg published an edition of the Vulgate Bible in what is now Mainz, Germany. …

Of some interest... lithub.com/this-week-in...

Certainly not for literary studies where the style itself is the science.

One thing we don’t do well, societally or interpersonally, is digest harms when there really isn’t anyone to blame.

Being called a n*gger on international television in front of your peers is a harm.

Having a disability that creates that harm through no choice of your own is a harm.

I really appreciate this TikToker with Tourette syndrome, Shay, for taking the time to educate so many of us (including me) about her disability and coprolalia in light of what happened at the BAFTAs with John Davidson when Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage.

I learned a lot.

The Central Fire of the Iroquois A comprehensive history of the Native American community at the heart of the HaudenosauneeThe people of the Onondaga Nation have lived in central New York St...

Our release date is still seven months away, but my book is now up on the Yale website. Grateful to so many people who helped make this possible.

yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Today it is 158 years since W. E. B. Du Bois was born.

Black Modernism Black Literary Movement Publications and the Black Aesthetic

Companion site to my upcoming book: This digital poster tracks the way Black literary movements and Black little magazines influenced canon development, as represented in the Norton Anthology of Am Lit. #DH #digitalhumanities #BlackStudies #Periodicals and #Modernism. blackmodernism.com

What did De La say? “Black is Black”! Definitely down for diaspora solidarity.

‘Sun Ra: Do the Impossible’ Review: A Space-Age Jazz Genius PBS’s ‘American Masters’ presents a tribute to the eccentric, virtuosic pianist and composer, who combined swing with the avant-garde and Afrofuturism.

‘Sun Ra: Do the Impossible’ Review: A Space-Age Jazz Genius

PBS American Masters presents a tribute to the eccentric, virtuosic pianist and composer, who combined swing with the avant-garde and Afrofuturism.
www.wsj.com/arts-culture... | @wsj.com

#BlackHistoryMonth

Ishmael Reed on His Diverse Inspirations The origins of the Before Columbus Foundation.

Happy Birthday Ishmael Reed, poet of the Black counterculture! Not enough work has been done on the legacy and prehistory of the Black counterculture (which my forthcoming book works to correct), but it's a vitally important chapter of American literary history. www.thenation.com/article/cult...

Works for Wieland too.