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• Neicy Jones

  In How do you feel about the current state of the Black Lit. World? - How do you feel about the current state of the Black Lit. World?

  6 minutes ago
  Sable Femme said: April Byrd said:I feel like current black lit...  moreSable Femme said: April Byrd said:I feel like current black lit has just become a dramatized, grimy reflection of the street, hood, and ghetto life. It's putting out an image of personalities that should not be subscribed to. Passion has been displaced with lust, filth and Ignorance. Whenever I turn the pages of Black Expressions all I mostly see is something about sex, and drug dealers, and just ghetto drama ugh. *Disgusted as I type*. Just venting a little, but I know all is not lost. I've heard rave reviews about Ernessa T. Carter's "32 Candles" Has anybody read it? You are so right!  I hate going into my local bookstore and walking over to the African American Lit section only to find Toni Morrison hidden behind 80000 copies of "Candy Licker" and "Welfare Wifeys".   Rotflmao! Touche'!  less
• Neicy Jones

  In How do you feel about the current state of the Black Lit. World? - How do you feel about the current state of the Black Lit. World?

  7 minutes ago
  April D. Byrd said:I feel like current black lit has just become...  moreApril D. Byrd said:I feel like current black lit has just become a dramatized, grimy reflection of the street, hood, and ghetto life. It's putting out an image of personalities that should not be subscribed to. Passion has been displaced with lust, filth and Ignorance. Whenever I turn the pages of Black Expressions all I mostly see is something about sex, and drug dealers, and just ghetto drama ugh. *Disgusted as I type*. Just venting a little, but I know all is not lost. I've heard rave reviews about Ernessa T. Carter's "32 Candles" Has anybody read it?   ^5@ April!  less
• Neicy Jones

  In How do you feel about the current state of the Black Lit. World? - How do you feel about the current state of the Black Lit. World?

  8 minutes ago
  Amen!@ Krystal. Totally agree.
• Neicy Jones

  In How do you feel about the current state of the Black Lit. World? - How do you feel about the current state of the Black Lit. World?

  12 hours ago
  Cancel TripleA said:It's kind of hard to take some of it serious...  moreCancel TripleA said:It's kind of hard to take some of it seriously when non interchangeable words are used, like "No/Know or They're/Their and There. When I come across blatant spelling errors and speak up, the first thing that happens from others perspective is instantaneous anger. From my standpoint, how can you take a writer seriously if he or she can't seem to grasp or get a decent handle on the English language? Another erroneous error I am seeing are those who put a question mark at the end of a (period) ending statement. Where in the world did that mess ever come from? Why is it that we have a (very) hard time with constructive criticism? No harm, no foul. This is just my *humble* opinion.    less
• Neicy Jones

  In How do you feel about the current state of the Black Lit. World? - How do you feel about the current state of the Black Lit. World?

  12 hours ago
  It's kind of hard to take some of it seriously when non intercha...  moreIt's kind of hard to take some of it seriously when non interchangeable words are used, like "No/Know or They're/Their and There. When I come across blatant spelling errors and speak up, the first thing that happens from others perspective is instantaneous anger. From my standpoint, how can you take a writer seriously if he or she can't seem to grasp or get a decent handle on the English language. But again, that's just my *humble* opinion.