Here’s my latest, Eye: Notes to a Poet. I wrote about Care Bears, Public Enemy, white Jesus, writer Kiese Laymon, space travel, Brer Rabbit, and artist Sheena Rose. Painter Titus Kaphar contributed a poem and painting. To say that this a big deal or a high honor is an understatement. These people are like Gods to me. I am beside myself. It never occurred to me that I’d ever write about becoming a writer. I always thought that talking about …
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I’m honored to announce that on July 1 at 7pm (EST) I’ll be having a live conversation with acclaimed filmmaker Terence Nance, creator of the wildly creative movie “An Oversimplification of Her Beauty” and the HBO show “Random Acts of Flyness.” For those in Japan, the event will be on July 2 at 8am. Join us on ZoomZOOM LINK: https://bit.ly/3dIx0XzMeeting ID: 872 2968 0994Password: flyness For other details, please check The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporian Arts at http://mocadadigital.org. Below, …
This Friday at 10pm, rapper and producer Rhyming Gaijin will livestream on the Tokyo Weekender’s Instagram page. Feigning to watch again? I got you. Rhyming’s set will rebroadcast again on Saturday at 10pm on TW Facebook page. TMG wrote about Rhyming’s 365-Day rap challenge and here’s an Q&A. This brother has been at it for over a decade. He’s nice af. …
Thank you, Tokyo Weekender for profiling The Micro Giant. I got to be featured with some great company. Rhyming Gaijin is a beast on the mic and the drum machine. Filmmaker Darryl Wharton-Rigby is a master storyteller and writer. I’ve written about both of these talented artists. Tokyo Speaks podcaster Terrence Holden has been interviewing a lot of local figures that are informative and with unique life experiences. Read the TW article here. …
The untimely death of George Floyd inspired global anti-racist protests that continue to this day. Here’s his story. This is about a young lady’s experience of growing up half-black half Japanese in Japan. (with Japanese subtitles) Cocoalizzy, born and raised and in Japan, talks about what it was like for her to grow up here. A great and at times hard to watch film about people who grew up in Japan, half-Japanese half-other. (with Japanese subtitles) I’ve been compiling this …
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