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Black Is Over (Or, Special Black) by Tressie McMillan Cottom with Artwork by Merav Kamel
Above: from the Sketchbook of Merav Kamel
I’m looking for a mixed girl Asian, Jamaican
I’m looking for a mixed girl Puerto Rican, Haitian
I’m looking for a mixed girl
Cuban and White
I’m trying to get mixed up tonight like
Excuse me miss, what’s your name, where ya
from, can I come—T-Pain, “Mix’d Girl”
“Black people are over.” That is how it was said to me once.
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Protest for Change
Above: “Chessmen” by Max Nicholas Niemeier
Dear LIT Readers,
As all of you are aware, protests have been taking place here in New York City and across the globe. The pain our nation is experiencing now is one we have experienced many times before. It has become clear, once again, that the time to act is now.
We are all part of a community that actively celebrates diversity and the pursuit of justice, which is why LIT Magazine has decided to postpone our pitching salon in solidarity with the protesters and activists who are marching on Washington and in cities nationwide.
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“Rust: A Memoir of Steel and Grit by Eliese Colette Goldbach” Reviewed by LaVonne Roberts
Forged In Steel, A Nation Divided
In Rust: A Memoir of Steel and Grit, Eliese Colette Goldbach reflects on her childhood as the second daughter in a Polish Catholic family and her three years as a steelworker. As a little girl in Cleveland, she could often see the rust-colored buildings of the city’s steel plant in the distance when she rode through town with her father. Eliese never imagined her identity would become Utility Worker number 6691, or that Trump would become President.
“I wasn’t supposed to be a steelworker. I wasn’t supposed to spend my nights looking up at the bright lights on the blast furnace,
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Eitan Hersh LIVE
JOIN US TODAY, APRIL 14 AT 7:30 p.m.
For the second installment of LIT Magazine’s newest series, LIVE with LIT, where book reviews come to life!
How do people get involved in politics? Does ranting on Facebook count? How can the individual make sure their voice is heard? Find out tonight when LaVonne Roberts interviews Eitan Hersh author of, Politics is for Power, a brilliant condemnation of political hobbyism–treating politics like entertainment–and a call to arms for well-meaning, well-informed citizens who consume political news,
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Two Limericks by Raquel Melody Guarino
Pot o’ Gold
America’s in a recessionWith closures in every professionThe nurses all cryAs more people dieWith 12-hundred bucks in possessionOh Jesus
The virus is getting quite badBut the president thinks it’s a fadAs the numbers still lurch“I’ll see you in church!”Says Don, a positive lad
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Raquel Melody Guarino is an aspiring expat who just left Italy due to the pandemic. -
“Politics is for Power: How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change by Eitan Hersh” Reviewed by LaVonne Roberts
For anyone wondering how to engage in politics on a community level, Politics is for Power: How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change, demystifies the process. Eitan Hersh, who is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Tufts University, says that when people engage in genuine political work there is only one reason they do that: they want power. Hersh concisely captures the difference between activism and organizing, coining the former as “political hobbyism.”
His research points to the fact that one in five Americans claim to be politically active on a daily basis,
