People overlook the power of fiction to comment on real issues and real life. While, we all know that this usage of our imaginary works is a distinct possibility, we generally forget the impact until its time to issue the Pulitzers and Oscars. Fiction—and in my opinion—science fiction especially has an unequalled power in all [...]
Editor’s Note: Due to the reaction in the Black intellectual community over the posthumous awarding of Dr. Manning Marable the Pulitzer prize, Polite On Society is initiating a discussion on it. In this post, we have tapped Prof. Karen Johnson of the University of Utah to inform us why the Pulitzer is deserved. If anyone [...]
The book that prompted much discussion over the legacy of Malcolm X last year is now a pulitzer prize winner. Manning Marable’s 600 page opus Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention is now recognized as a work worthy of praise. As some of you who read this blog remember, this book touched off a great [...]