Showing posts with label Geoffrey Philp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geoffrey Philp. Show all posts

November 6, 2009

Who's Your Daddy? by Geoffrey Philp

Geoffrey Philp is a brother that I've met via his online joint in the afrosphere. The brother is multi-talented writer and poet and has received many awards, including a James Michener fellowship at the University of Miami.

Geoffrey wrote a book called, Who's Your Daddy?: And Other Stories that is a unique mixture of styles and genres that address contemporary life and the complexity of immigrant communities.

This collection of short stories focuses on the lives of people living in Miami and Jamaica while exploring sexuality, prejudice, troubled childhoods, adolescence, and the such. Philp's imagination flows from a casual game of dominoes that reveals the deep undercurrent of affection between father and son to the laugh-out-loud inventiveness of a dreadlocked vampire. I encourage all villagers to read this book to see a unique view of the lives of Black boys and their (sometimes) absent fathers.


January 28, 2009

A Post-Inauguration Poem


A Post-Inauguration Poem
by Geoffrey Philp

All the lies have been laid to rest
The insults from childhood that would trigger
Bile in your stomach, rage that would linger

In your knuckles, creep up into your chest,
And made you think you couldn't hold on any longer...
All the lies have been laid to rest

But in your heart you always knew you were blessed
It gave you strength not to strike back in anger
At the screams, "You're nothing but a no count nigger!"
All the lies have been laid to rest

October 10, 2008

Blog Safari #14


I'm looking for any villager that would like to venture out into the surrounding jungle. We call it our 'Blog Safari'. It is our opportunity to see what drumbeats are coming from other blogs in the afrosphere. I hope you enjoy these blog post referrals:
Let us know if you come across any remarkable posts that should be shared in our next Blog Safari!