Pursue Your Passion
and Live for
the Dash
I believe in living for the dash, in pursuing a purpose-driven life. My life’s work and passion over the last five decades as an educator, scholar, literary activist, author, and radio host have been devoted to education and institution building. As professor of English, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Black Literature, Director of the National Black Writers Conference, host of Writers on Writing on WNYE, 91.5 F.M, and a columnist for Our Time Press, I am committed to expanding, broadening, and enriching the public’s knowledge and aesthetic appreciation of the value of the literature produced by Black writers and to nurturing and cultivating the critical reading and writing habits of a cross-generation of readers and writers.
Books
Essays
Louise Meriwether: A Life of Writing and Activism
BKReader
Banned Books and Critical Race Theory
Our Time Press
Our Time Press
Sustaining Our Legacy Supporting Independent Black Publishers and Presses
Our Time Press
Dr. Brenda M. Greene on Ntozake Shange
Our Time Press
Commentary: The Myth of a 'Post-Racial' Society
Essence
Reflections on Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott Wadabagei:
A Journal of the Caribbean and Its Global Diasporas
Vol. 18, No. 1 & 2, Spring/Summer 2018
Reflections on Tales of the Out and the Gone: Short Stories
by Amiri Baraka
Brillant Flame: Amiri Baraka Poetry, Plays & Politics for the People
Edited by Haki Madhubuti,
Michael Simanga, Sonia Sanchez and Woodie King, Jr.
Third World Press, 2017, pp 105-109
Centennial Celebration of Esther Cooper Jackson – A Living Legend
Our Time Press
Toni Morrison: Recreating the Master Narrative
The Killens Journal of Arts and Letters
March 2010
Black Writers: The Transforming Power of Their Literature
The Network Journal
March 2008
Remembering Gwendolyn Brooks, the First African American to win a Pulitzer Prize
Blog | American Masters | PBS
Brooklyn's Women History Maker: Dr. Brenda M. Greene
BKReader
CUNY Newswire
Education Update
