Michael Strode’s Reviews > Nommo: A Literary Legacy of Black Chicago (1967-1987) ~ An Anthology of the OBAC Writers' Workshop > Status Update
Michael Strode
is on page 314 of 344
Turning full circle and arriving now at the essays in remembrance of Hoyt W. Fuller, I am convinced that this is a man whom needs his own compendium of material. He is not eulogized here in a manner that is typical of great writers passing on. He is a legend amongst legends for the force of his worth to a larger struggle than even our present orientation can imagine.
— Apr 20, 2012 08:27AM
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Michael Strode
is on page 192 of 344
Some books beg you to delight in the idea of reaching the end and starting over. This is one of those text that I would read again after a short break. The engagement of the black aesthetic that is being built here comes with complete lingual, philosophical and social construct that must also be engaged as part of your reading. I think the plays offer the most complete overview of the final aesthetic objective.
— Oct 31, 2011 02:31AM
Michael Strode
is on page 136 of 344
There is such a rich and fascinating history here. Not simply in this book, but in this city. It breathes and exudes culture and experience. The legacy of OBAC lives on. I read it on the lips of the writers that continue. Little shards of glass from that first glimpse of fracturing that was the workshop. Know the history not that you might go back, but so you might bring it forward for the writers coming after.
— Jun 26, 2011 12:08AM
Michael Strode
is on page 17 of 344
Chicago is the basis of so much literary brilliance from the time of the Black Arts Movement and even down through the present era of writing. The only problem that we contend with in the present is the lack of writers who are willing to publish. I am challenging you! How will we manifest a tom as packed as Nommo in the future if you refuse to write it down. Write it down! I am happy to do editing.
— May 05, 2011 07:45AM
