I've recently all but finalized a deal to be a columnist at Africana.com. I've been interested in speaking to larger publics for a while now. I am not jetting...but I suspect my writing will be sparser here. Thanks and shout outs to Mike for putting me down, and to the various crews I've rolled with over the last 12 years or so: Gravity, Utne Reader, Table Talk, Brainstorms, the Afrofuturists, the Family, AFAMED, and of course the Ques.
in many ways it has been. putting heads to bed here, and then talking with you and the other cobb have helped to sharpen my edge. almost time to start cutting throats.
or at least a nice turkey leg.
Posted by: Lester Spence at April 21, 2004 06:47 PMSorry I haven't been more active, brothers. Got to work much harder to get back into the writing and commentary groove...
Congrats on the bump, Spence.
Posted by: Michael R Hicks at May 13, 2004 09:52 PM
Damn. Well, I suppose it had to happen sooner or later, and what is the point of denying market share? I suppose I'll have to spend more time over there.
In all likelihood VC will fold and I'll reintegrate my black political writings into Cobb. I have been thinking about this for a minute as regards the status of VC in light of my new grass roots organizing for Republicans in Southwest LA. This didn't seem quite the right forum for that cross-section, and although we've had some good participation, it never reached a critical mass.
I would have liked to have attracted more writers and knocked over the Black Commentator from this position. It's going to be more difficult to do so tracking back to stuff at Africana.
It has been a good year.
Posted by: cobb at April 21, 2004 12:37 PM