I forgot to thank Lawrence King of Columbia's Business School for helping me to see what should have been obvious about my novel.  Lawrence repeated my title The Ape is Dead! and then added "the evolution of a black male."  Honesty, I never really thought of my book...

First of all, thank those of you for the kick in the ass. I was really treating this as a kind of bloggy personal diary and not really thinking that anyone (besides me) was reading it. That said, I am flattered by the interest as well as the encouragement, and I will...

I still don’t get the Sodom and Gomorrah story. I didn’t when I was 10, and I sensed there must’ve been more to the story than just God punishing the wicked. I mean, I already knew that there were quite a few wicked people in the world, and I had an even more...

On the subway the other day, my nine year old observed a transgender person and became a little confused.  I explained the word "transgender" and asked her to repeat it.  Confident as always, she dove right in, "TranSPLENDOR."  I had a notion to agree and say, "Yes,...

…and while I do get the irony of the title “Black Lives Matter,” I do wonder if it’s the best political strategy for ending police brutality and/or outright murder of Blacks, (presuming that’s the goal, and I’m not being coy here as I just don’t want to presume...

Clearly, those who feel the need to counter with “all lives matter” fail to understand the use of irony, and that African American culture produces brilliant ironists.  In the broadest sense, irony reflects the ability to say one thing and mean another. Example: I say...

Yikes, so much ugliness going on in U.S. society, specifically concerning the ongoing murder and general abuse of black men I feel I need to clarify the idea(s) behind my novel, The Ape is Dead!, which may sound trivial as a simple interracial romance story. As I have...

Now that my novel, The Ape is Dead!, is out in the larger world, I feel challenged to define it, when asked.  It’s tagged in a variety of categories—fiction, romance, adult, new adult, young adult even!, contemporary, literary, ethnic, black.  It all seems trivial to...

Step One: Ah, finally my book, The Ape is Dead!, has been released as an e publication by my publisher, Crimson Cloak Publishing (shout out!), using “Smashwords.”  I’m excited about it, of course, and ready to start the process of getting the word out.  Hmm-mm?  I’m...

Still trying to figure out this blog thing.  what does this mean?  what am I doing?  do I wanna keep a public diary (sotospeak)?  i mean, who cares?  and if someone does, why?  (Just had a thought that I would read of any one of my heroes, Olu Dara, Albert...