The New York Times – Film:
Wilson, who was the first woman to translate the Homeric tale into English, caused a firestorm when she criticized Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film.
Category: Poetry and Poets
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‘Dread Beat an Blood’ Set Black Londoners’ Struggle to a Groove
The New York Times – Music:
A newly restored 1979 documentary examines how Linton Kwesi Johnson’s dub-infused poetry documented the challenges faced by Britain’s Black Caribbean population.
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What to Know Before Seeing ‘The Odyssey’: Plot, Characters and More
The New York Times – Film:
Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s epic poem has monster battles, a sorceress and dozens of thirsty suitors. Here’s a primer.
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A Poet for Everyone, Even Those Who Don’t Read Poetry
The New York Times – Film:
The film “Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World” works best when it illuminates her work, whose fans include Stephen Colbert and Oprah Winfrey.
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Danny Simmons, Painter and Activist From a Creative Family, Dies at 72
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The older brother of the music mogul Russell Simmons and the rapper Joseph Simmons, he made his own way as an artistic and entrepreneurial force in Brooklyn.
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David Henderson, Innovative Poet and Hendrix Biographer, Dies at 83
The New York Times – Music:
Part of the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s, he went on to reclaim a leading musician of the psychedelic era as a distinctly African American artist.
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Ellen Burstyn on Her Favorite Books and Her Love of Poetry
The New York Times – Film:
“Of course, at 93 I am not as good at memorizing as I used to be,” the Oscar-winning actress and author says. “But it is good exercise.”
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Rashidah Ismaili Has Hosted the Legendary Salon d’Afrique in Her Harlem Home for Decades
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The writer Rashidah Ismaili honors a storied literary tradition by hosting Salon d’Afrique, a creative gathering for international Black luminaries, in her Harlem home.