The Way Forward

An essay on my unstoppable mother’s latest move. Appearing in the current issue (November 2014) of O, The Oprah Magazine (available on newsstands, the Internet, iPads, and implanted brain chips). This is part of a collection of useful, moving, and timely...

The Drexel InterView

Black, White, Other received some unexpected love in 2012 when Drexel University chose Pig Candy: Taking My Father South, Taking My Father Home as its Freshman Summer Read. Not for nothing, Drexel’s campus overlaps (now more than ever) with Powelton Village, the...

Mother of a Son

Great new music from M’Balia that for some reason she’s just giving away. I mean free. No cost. Zippo. Zilch. Your money’s no good. Put that wallet away. Don’t even try it. This song is yours just by going on the cloud. Not to mention you can...