DECONSTRUCTING TYRONE

In "Deconstructing Tyrone: A New Look at Black Masculinity in the Hip-Hop Generation," (Cleis Press) authors Natalie Hopkinson and Natalie Y. Moore dissect the public and private lives of Detroit’s “Hip-Hop Mayor” Kwame Kilpatrick, NBA poet Etan Thomas, political prisoner Debo Ajabu, and relationships between babydaddy and babymomma, strippers and their dads, and men on the so-called “Down Low,” through the media lens, through stereotype, through the eyes of Black women.

PAST BOOK TOUR EVENTS

MARCH 16, 2007 -- 6 p.m., Barnes and Noble, Warren and Woodward, Detroit.

MARCH 30, 2007 --1-2:30 p.m. Booksigning. Howard University Bookstore. Georgia Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.

MARCH 30, 2007--3-4:30 pm. Panel discussion. “The Wire & the Media’s Portrayal of Urban Black Males.” includes The Natalies. Howard University’s 2nd Annual Hip-Hop and Higher Education Symposium. Cramtom Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

APRIL 27, 2007--Panel discussion following a screening of Byron Hurt's documentary "Beyond Beats & Rhymes." featuring The Natalies. University of Chicago Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture.

MAY 17, 2007--DT book talk(Natalie H.). GenderYOUTH Leadership Summit. Washington, D.C.

JUNE 29, 2007--Panel discussion. (Natalie H.) National Center for Black Philanthropy Conference. Washington, D.C.

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Godfrey on Kelis

Loved this smart review of Kelis's album by Washington City paper writer Sarah Godfrey. Not only did Sarah have excellent taste in undergraduate institutions, she was one of the young black women writers we recruited to write for the first incarnation of the DT project, when it was an anthology.
I've always been a Kelis fan and "Bossy" is my (and my 2 year-old daughter's) personal theme song this summer. I guess I've got to go cop the whole album now.