Preview #12, Journal of Pan African Studies, Poetry Issue

Preview #12, Journal of Pan African Studies, Poetry Issue

Deadline for submissions extended to November 12, 2010

We especially want to hear from hip hop poets, spoken word artists, conscious rappers

Send your submission to Guest Editor, Marvin X, jmarvinx@yahoo.com, include brief bio, pic, MS Word attachment

Submissions received from the following:

Askia Toure
Amiri Baraka
Rudolph Lewis
Al Young
Ishmael Reed
Mona Lisa Saloy
Gwendolyn Mitchell
Haki Mad

This is fast running life. People have everything except time. They have potential to earn money and own properties in bulk but don’t have sufficient time to manage their properties. Especially life of people of American State is too fast. People in Maryland –one of the American states have lots of properties but they are unable to draw profit out of them. Managing property is not only function of time but also of contact. People do not have good social association to rent properties at lucrativ

HOW THE MASS MEDIA IS BEING USED AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN WHITE DOMINANCE

Many African Americans now holds the opinion that in the face of greater gained opportunities that many within their race became their own worst enemies. It is not uncommon to hear these negative sentiments about their own race now echoed by many African Americans themselves—they that consider themselves as being exceptions to this norm. This perception often engenders profound feelings of immense humiliati

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Senator Barbara Boxer--In Search of My Soul Sister

In Search of My Soul Sister

After a lifetime of fears, doubts, ambivalence and general paranoia (myessential mental state) about the feminine gender, I recently concluded,based on six decades of interaction, that the black woman was, afterall is said and done, my friend, and that she has never wanted to beanything other than my friend, helper, lover and mate, really, foreternity, if I could have ever been shackled to her t

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Parable of the Return of Gov. Moonbeam

Brown’s records are “under lock and key” at the University of Southern California

Parable of the Return of Gov. Moonbeam

California is

Monday, October 11, 2010

Hussein al-Shahristani, Iraq's Minister of Oil, Marvin X's Teacher

Iraq's oil windfall

"Iraq Proven Oil Reserves Rise Significantly " declares the Wall Street Journal, echoing a number of other news sources.

But are they "proven"?

So far, we have only assurances from the Iraq's oil minister Hussein al-Shahristani*:

These aren't random figures, rather they were the results of deep surveyscarried out by the ministry's oil reservoir company

Mostly invisible to the hoards of walkers and runners around the lake who never swerve to avoid a collision or e

Concerned Catholics and clergy sex abuse victims will disclose and discuss a new study Monday, October 11th

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Obama Drama

Sunday, October 10, 2010

I Steal from Marvin X Cause Everybody Else Does

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Last Call for Submissions to the Journal of Pan African Studies, Poetry Issue

October 15, Deadline for Submissions to Journal of Pan African Studies Poetry Issue
Guest Editor, Marvin X

The following poets have sent submissions:

Askia Toure

Amiri Baraka

Rudolph Lewis

Al Young

Ishmael Reed

Mona Lisa Saloy

Gwendolyn Mitchell

Haki Madhubuti

Louis Reyes Rivera

Bruce George

Jeannette Drake

Lamont Steptoe

Devorah major

Phavia Khujichagulia

Ayodele Nzingha

Tureeda Mikell

Eugene Redman

Fritz Pointer

J

Scott Lee Cohen's campaign stands out above the rest when it comes to positive messages

Scott Lee Cohen's campaign for governor stands out about the rest

Television commercial breaks are filled with mudslinging from the various candidates. The candidates for the U.S. Senate, Republican Mark Kirk and Democrat Alexi Giannoulias, spend most of their time bashing each other. During the 5 om news on WLS TV, I saw six commercials from each of them bashing each other.

It's the same in the race for gover