California Literary Review » African American http://calitreview.com An arts and culture magazine. Thu, 24 May 2012 17:23:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 100 Greatest Gangster Films: New Jack City, #94http://calitreview.com/22338 http://calitreview.com/22338#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:05:41 +0000 George Anastasia, Glen Macnow http://calitreview.com/?p=22338 King of New York, Wesley Snipes revisited the urban underworld in Mario Van Peebles’ morality play about the scourge of crack cocaine.]]> http://calitreview.com/22338/feed 0 Broadway Review: Alicia Keys’ Stick Flyhttp://calitreview.com/22216 http://calitreview.com/22216#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:52:25 +0000 Ethan Kanfer http://calitreview.com/?p=22216 http://calitreview.com/22216/feed 0 Book Review: Mightier Than The Sword: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Battle for America by David S. Reynoldshttp://calitreview.com/17357 http://calitreview.com/17357#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:45:29 +0000 Jeff McMillan http://calitreview.com/?p=17357 http://calitreview.com/17357/feed 1 Theater Review: A Free Man of Color Starring Jeffrey Wrighthttp://calitreview.com/12877 http://calitreview.com/12877#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:11:06 +0000 Andi Stover http://calitreview.com/?p=12877 http://calitreview.com/12877/feed 1 Book Review: Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet: Race and the Mythology, Politics, and Business of Jazz by Randall Sandkehttp://calitreview.com/9101 http://calitreview.com/9101#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 14:12:18 +0000 David Lida http://calitreview.com/?p=9101 http://calitreview.com/9101/feed 6 Movie Review: Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphirehttp://calitreview.com/5483 http://calitreview.com/5483#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:25:51 +0000 Zorianna Kit http://calitreview.com/?p=5483 Phat Girlz and Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins, gives such a frightening performance as Mary Jones, the Academy should just hand over the Oscar statuette to her now. Her scene towards the end when she is confronted by both Precious and Weiss for all her wicked deeds is enough to make your stomach churn.]]> http://calitreview.com/5483/feed 4 Nina Simone: The Biography by David Brun-Lamberthttp://calitreview.com/4410 http://calitreview.com/4410#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:24:07 +0000 David Lida http://calitreview.com/?p=4410 http://calitreview.com/4410/feed 1 Satchmo: The Wonderful World and Art of Louis Armstrong by Steven Browerhttp://calitreview.com/3167 http://calitreview.com/3167#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 14:04:18 +0000 David Lida http://calitreview.com/?p=3167 http://calitreview.com/3167/feed 0 A Saint on Death Row by Thomas Cahillhttp://calitreview.com/3076 http://calitreview.com/3076#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:46:29 +0000 David Lida http://calitreview.com/?p=3076 http://calitreview.com/3076/feed 4 Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemptionhttp://calitreview.com/2887 http://calitreview.com/2887#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:08:02 +0000 David Lida http://calitreview.com/?p=2887 http://calitreview.com/2887/feed 1 The Help by Kathryn Stocketthttp://calitreview.com/2526 http://calitreview.com/2526#comments Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:59:28 +0000 Elinor Teele http://calitreview.com/?p=2526 http://calitreview.com/2526/feed 192 A Mercy by Toni Morrisonhttp://calitreview.com/1895 http://calitreview.com/1895#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:17:44 +0000 Elinor Teele http://calitreview.com/?p=1895 http://calitreview.com/1895/feed 5 T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting Discusses Hip Hop’s Attitude Toward Womenhttp://calitreview.com/225 http://calitreview.com/225#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:43:42 +0000 Paul Comstock http://calitreview.com//2007/06/15/t-denean-sharpley-whiting-discusses-hip-hops-attitude-toward-women/ http://calitreview.com/225/feed 3 Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the British Blues Revivalhttp://calitreview.com/214 http://calitreview.com/214#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:52:46 +0000 Gayle F. Wald http://calitreview.com//2007/06/11/sister-rosetta-tharpe-and-the-british-blues-revival/ http://calitreview.com/214/feed 0