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A History of American Literature
But they are all set in their own transgressive space, an area of vulgar power and possibility ... was for black women to start “turning toward each other. ...

Updated throughout and with much new material, "A History of American Literature, Second Edition, " is the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey available of the myriad forms of American Literature from pre-Columbian times to the present. The most comprehensive and up-to-date history of American literature available todayCovers fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction, as well as other forms of literature including folktale, spirituals, the detective story, the thriller, and science fictionExplores the plural character of American literature, including the contributions made by African American, Native American, Hispanic and Asian American writersConsiders how our understanding of American literature has changed over the past?thirty yearsSituates American literature in the contexts of American history, politics and societyOffers an invaluable introduction to American literature for students at all levels, academic and general readers

Stan Sheppard: 'Is Black Radio Helping to Destroy Young Black Men And Women?'

Street, I noticed that all of these young people were listening to the radio station that plays Rap Music.

Being a fan of Rap Music myself and working with Rap artists for the last 15 years, obviously I have to be on top of my game as far as this genre of music goes. As I tuned into that station and listened for over one hour, I was totally blown away by the “LYRICS” I heard on each song that was played. Nothing but tall tales about drug dealing and gang banging and how each one of these artists was now crowned a “BOSS.”

The first song I heard was about “selling drugs over the iPhone and how the artist would “front” his purchaser some kilo’s of cocaine for doing a substantial amount of business with him. The second song I heard was called “White Bricks.” This song’s whole focus was about the price of the cocaine the artist was selling which was listed at 36K per kilo. The third song I heard was called “LET ME HIT IT FROM THE BACK CAUSE I LIKE IT LIKE THAT.” Obviously, I don’t need to inform you about the focus of THIS song ! Up after that was a song giving props to the various gangs in Chicago and the artist’s affiliation with a particular set he “puts min work for.”  (For those of you reading this who don’t understand what “puttin’ in work” is… it means Robbing, Stealing, Fighting, Shooting etc.

Source: Eurweb.com

The Monster Channel Set to Stream a Dozen Camp Motion Pictures ...

by The Woman In Black

Fourth Castle Micromedia’s The Monster Channel is the only 24/7 interactive channel for horror fans. For more info visit the official The Monster Channel website .

The first seven titles will run as part of The Monster Channel’s weekly spotlight show, “Lunchmeat VHS Rewind Theatre”, a series created for the growing fanbase of retro VHS cult aficionados. They were selected from Camp Motion Pictures’ collection of now-classic late 80s SOV horror films and include Video Violence (1987), Video Violence 2 (1987), Cannibal Campout (1988), Woodchipper Massacre (1988), Splatter Farm (1987), Beauty Queen Butcher (1990), and Ghoul School (1990).

Nine more horror titles will be featured as part of The Monster Channel’s nighttime programming and include Brett Piper’s monster films Shock-O-Rama (2005), Bite Me! (2004), Screaming Dead (2003), and Bacterium (2006) as well as Suburban Nightmare (2004), Red River (2011), Splatter Disco (2007), Splatter Beach (2007), and Skin Crawl (2007)....

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