Monthly Archives: November 2010
Two Women (Goddesses?), with Great Minds and Great Style…Toni & Angela
I saw this pic on The Silver Girl, author Tayari Jones’ tumblr site, and HAD to share it at SCOTT TOPICS™. Partly out of respect to Tayari–if you haven’t read her beautiful first novel (and Hurston/Wright Award winner for Debut … Continue reading
Filed under books, General Fabulousness, Toni Morrison, WayBack Machine, writing
New website BACKLIST.net (News, publishing, biz, entertainment…& they interviewed SPB!)
Today is the launch of Felicia Pride’s newly-revised Backlist.net, and she asked me to talk about making the transition from working journalist and writer to PhD student. It turned into a great interview/conversation. Please go see it here, and bookmark … Continue reading
The SPB Q (Grad Chapter): Christina Sharpe
It’s my contention that every new grad student should have a Christina Sharpe in his or her life. At least that’s what I’ve been telling myself since we first met, via Twitter back in the summer before I started my … Continue reading
Filed under Academia, The SPB Q, Uncategorized
