What to do when the author who inspired Stephen King and Ridley Scott admired Hitler for his commitment to the purity of the Aryan race? I explore the topic of 20th Century speculative fiction writer H.P. Lovecraft and how to wrestle with his legacy in the 21st Century in my latest Art-Committed Life newsletter. I …
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Thoughts on “Writing While Black”
As more and more examples of systemic racism surface in the wake of the resurgent #BlackLivesMatter movement, a skilled writer has chronicled her own challenges as a Black fiction writer in a world largely comprised of white readers, agents, editors and publishers. Laura Warrell's "Writing While Black" in the Los Angeles Review of Books moved …
The Artist's Road 