The Rumpus Interview with Chinaka Hodge
The shooting of Oscar Grant showed that Oakland is in serious need of a discussion on race. The poet and playwright Chinaka Hodge provided such a discussion in her groundbreaking play Mirrors in Every Corner
Posts Tagged: Oscar Grant
“An Elegy to Oscar Grant”
“I wanted to write an intelligent & coherent critique of the #OscarGrant verdict but I couldn’t. The logic wasn’t in my heart; just the poem.”
“The poem I just posted on my blog is made entirely of links to other poems & articles.
...moreLittle Brother is Watching Too
When Oscar Grant was shot by BART police in an Oakland station on New Year’s Day, locals found it quite suspicious that the official surveillance cameras weren’t working, so that no video would be available. Had it not been for “little brother,” i.e.