Blog Posts — Black Iris

All in Reviews

Independence by Cecil Foster

Jun 10

Jun 10 Independence by Cecil Foster

Donna Bailey Nurse

Dancing Lessons

May 6

May 6 Dancing Lessons

Donna Bailey Nurse

Poetry, Reviews

Cherie Jones’ Spectacular Year

Mar 18

Mar 18 Cherie Jones’ Spectacular Year

Donna Bailey Nurse

Interviews, Reviews

A Mercy by Toni Morrison

Mar 13

Mar 13 A Mercy by Toni Morrison

Donna Bailey Nurse

A novelistic tour de force about American slavery

Mar 10

Mar 10 A novelistic tour de force about American slavery

Donna Bailey Nurse

Why The Book Of Negroes Matters

Mar 5

Mar 5 Why The Book Of Negroes Matters

Donna Bailey Nurse

Essays, Reviews

Marlon James’ Savage and Superb Slave Novel

Mar 1

Mar 1 Marlon James’ Savage and Superb Slave Novel

Donna Bailey Nurse

Tiepolo's Hound by Derek Walcott

Jan 27

Jan 27 Tiepolo's Hound by Derek Walcott

Donna Bailey Nurse

Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday by Angela Y. Davis

Jan 21

Jan 21 Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday by Angela Y. Davis

Donna Bailey Nurse