Literary Critic and Arts Writer
Poet and journalist celeste doaks is the author of Cornrows and Cornfields, and editor of the poetry anthology Not Without Our Laughter. Her chapbook, American Herstory was the first-place winner in Backbone Press’s 2018 chapbook contest; it contains poems about Michelle Obama. Her work has appeared in multiple online and print publications including The Rumpus,
The Millions, Huffington Post, Chicago Quarterly Review, and Asheville Poetry Review among others. Currently, she teaches creative writing at University of Delaware.
Textures of Us: Devin Allen at Galerie Myrtis Reflects Baltimore Respect, Culture, and Power
Whether you’re a native Baltimorean, or someone who calls Baltimore home like me, you’ll find pieces of yourself everywhere you look in this exhibit. It’s a love song to Baltimore.
Indulging Sags' love of exploring new territory
More than a hodge-podge of history gained while gallivanting around Portugal, the book is a love song to the growers and keepers of the age-old tradition of winemaking.
The perfect read for Scorpio season!
Everyone knows Scorpio is labeled as the sex pot, but understand that their repertoire is vast. Their knowledge involves not just “the act” but all things surrounding the act, including hygiene, etiquette, and even how to handle the most embarrassing sexual snafus.
Being Black in America—much less Omaha, Nebraska, where the sisters were born—is far from easy
The best book to represent Libra this October is You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by sisters Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar.
If you care about the planet, and how the education of America’s children plays into this equation, then this book is for you
Miseducation: How Climate Change is Taught in America by Katie Worth explains how climate change is taught in American schools
Leo, the romantic and charismatic fire sign, is a natural-born leader.
These love stories are bold, considering we rarely experience this sort of diversity about love and family ties within the Black community proclaimed on the page.
Boyce-Taylor is the mother of A Tribe Called Quest rap star Malik Taylor, aka Phife Dawg, who died of complications from type 1 diabetes in 2016
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor's "Mama Phife Represents" embodies Cancer energy well, exploring the depths of a mother’s loss with emotional dexterity.
Saunders' latest book draws from a course he adores teaching on the 19th-century Russian short story in translation
A Swim in a Pond presents readers with two distinct ways to engage with seven full stories by Russian masters Tolstoy, Chekhov, Gogol, and Turgenev: either as a teacher/scholar or as
Ultimately, what I love about this book is that Blakeney makes me feel like I could jump right in and start sprucing up my own house tomorrow.
These poems center on a young Muslim American girl named Nima, but the issues that she wrestles with are far from childish
Safia Elhillo’s Home Is Not a Country is more than a book, it’s a complex adventure, perfect for restless Aries.
A spiritual, emotional, Piscean exploration of home
Returning to the beginning, in order to perhaps understand the future, is not easy.
Aquarian egalitarianism and designing public spaces
Design With Love is a collaboration by Katie Swenson, the director of the Enterprise Frederick P. Rose Architectural Fellowship, and Harry Connolly, a Baltimore-based photographer
