ChickenBones: A Journal for Literary & Artistic African-American Themes     Home       www.nathanielturner.com It was rumored that Etta James—one of the greatest interpreters of blues, jazz and soul—made some unflattering comments about Beyonce’s performance and the recording of James signature recording: “At Last.”    ]]>... Read more

    ChickenBones: A Journal for Literary & Artistic African-American Themes     Home   (Books, DVDs, Music)     www.nathanielturner.com Without claiming that Kenneth W. Warren’s recent essay “Does African-American Literature Exist?” in The Chronicle of Higher Education is indebted to Wright, we can provisionally identify Warren’s thinking as an... Read more

    ChickenBones: A Journal for Literary & Artistic African-American Themes     Home  ]]>   www.nathanielturner.com Let those who shy at the nationalist implications of Negro life look at the body of folklore,  living and powerful, which rose out of a unified sense of a common life and... Read more