She didn’t know there was a man in the lighthouse. When she peeled off her white halter, wiggled out of a denim mini, and slipped flat, straw sandals from her feet, Kylie Stevens didn’t know she was being watched. The descent to shore was long and familiar. Her heels and toes [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Baptism
Posted in Fiction on July 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Struggle.
Posted in Fiction, tagged African American Fiction, Children of Addicted Parents, Children of the Black Power Movement, Contemporary Fiction on July 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
“Rams.”
“What?”
“Give me five dollars.”
“For what?”
“For the struggle.”
“Whose struggle?”
“The Original Asiatic Black Man’s. The fatherless children of political prisoners’. The Brothers and Sisters in the Movement. Don’t ask me which Movement. Take your pick.”
“Whatever, nigga. I ain’t loanin’ you shit. You never pay back.”
“I ain’t ask for no loan. I said, ‘Give me five dollars.’”
He jousted [...]
PostBourgie on Omar Tyree’s Retirement.
Posted in Nonfiction, PostBourgie, tagged Omar Tyree, Street Lit on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Check out my piece on “Street Lit pioneer” Omar Tyree’s absurd open letter of retirement over at PostBourgie:
A few things strike us as eyebrow-raising about this opening paragraph of Tyree’s open letter to both his loyal reading audience and the retailers who’ve been primarily responsible for the sale of 1.5 million copies of fifteen of [...]
