“For contemporary Afro-American professionals and intellectuals, the Harlem of legend is at best a Utopian cultural myth.”
Originally published December 7, 1982
"Like a number of other black women writers, I have made it a point to speak of our 'tradition,' yet I know that no such tradition is assumed by the rest of the world, primarily because our books have not been read or taught"
January 11, 2020
The coming age of the post-nationalist black aesthetic.
Originally published December 9, 1986