The site of the Committee on the Literatures of People of Color in the United States and Canada
This session of the MLA Committee on the Literatures of People of Color in the United States and Canada, in cooperation with the GL/Q Caucus…
Silenced Writer by Meena Alexander In solidarity with those in India who are resisting forces that would silence the singer’s note, the poet’s cry, the…
by Crystal Parikh, Associate Professor of English, New York University Fifteen years into an academic career, I have landed upon four general truths that…
by Cynthia Wu, Associate Professor of Transnational Studies, University of Buffalo If you are reading this, it probably means that you have a job…
This is a letter I received (at my gmail account) from the White House last March (2014) in response to a letter I had…
“Checkpoints: Global Black Literature and the Phenomenology of Movement,” Christopher Ian Foster, The Graduate Center, CUNY “Indigeneity and Federalism’s Fissures in the United States,”…
by Pranav Jani, @pranavjani It’s two months after the #Ferguson2MLA action in Vancouver on January 9, and I had planned to write this up…
by Dr. Amber Riaz, Canadian Scholar When I decided to speak up at the #Ferguson2MLA gathering, I was motivated by Dr. Koritha Mitchell’s assertion…
by Koritha Mitchell, @ProfKori Motivated by the belief that #BlackLivesMatter, a diverse group of scholar-activists began organizing a solidarity action that would take place…
by Joycelyn Moody, Sue E. Denman Distinguished Chair in American Literature Joycelyn.Moody@utsa.edu Everyone needs mentoring. No stage or rank in the academy lies beyond…