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I got a long memory. People say you crazy to remember. But I ain’t afraid to remember. I try to remember out loud. I keep my memories alive. I feed them. I got to feed them otherwise they’d eat [...]

Middle schools and high schools are notorious for their sub-cultures of nasty, mean girls. This phenomenon is not unique to the United States, as we learn in Jocelyn Bioh‘s breakout hit [...]

Families can be so full of surprises. Take Uncle Stevie (Tyrone Mitchell Henderson) for example. He loves hip-hop but can’t keep up in his dance class. He gets kicked out of his aerobics [...]

“I live in a yogurt, my feelings don’t get hurt.” #46, The Wolves Nothing quite tells one about one’s culture like a pack of teenage girls–in this case, a wolfpack [...]

What does everybody fear most? Why, death, of course. Women may fear childbirth. There is something near-death-like about it. But death? Death happens to everybody. Which is why some may find [...]

It’s a modern (2014) play based on an old play (1859). It’s a madcap melodrama with a golden-haired hero and a lecherous villain. It’s a chilling statement on race. An Octoroon [...]