Kevin Powell’s Recommended Reading List

Books

• “The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy’s Journey into Manhood” (this is Kevin’s autobiography which will be available to students during his residency)

• “Grocery Shopping with My Mother” (this is Kevin’s newest book, his 15th book and third poetry collection, which will be available for students during his residency)

Poetry

• “For Cicely Tyson” via Good Morning America/ABC News: https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/writer-kevin-powell-performs-cicely-tyson-tribute-poem-75608549

• “Tupac and Biggie” via Vibe: https://www.vibe.com/features/editorial/tupac-shakurs-life-reflected-by-kevin-powell-1234628585/

• “Dear Kobe” via Vibe: https://www.vibe.com/features/editorial/dear-kobe-poem-675753/

• “Son2Mother” via Brooklyn Rail: https://brooklynrail.org/2009/07/local/son2mother

• “For Miguel Algarin” via A Gathering of Tribes: https://www.tribes.org/celebrating-the-life-of-miguel-algarin/2020/12/22/kevin-powell

• “we them people” via One Billion Rising: https://www.onebillionrising.org/46308/just-out-we-them-people-by-kevin-powell/?fbclid=IwAR3t6PZfrHPXK9pULobN6rGI9V4f8TPwOv_ybYrd0KyBVeNwh3xu9lLq7mY

Articles

• “The Power of Stacey Abrams” via The Washington Post Magazine: https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/05/14/stacey-abrams-political-power/

• “Michael B Jordan on Black Panther: ‘We’re giving black people Power” via British GQ: https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/black-panther-michael-b-jordan-cover

• “Heaven Hell Dave Chappelle” via Esquire: https://classic.esquire.com/article/2006/5/1/heaven-hell-dave-chappelle

• “In Close Quarters, a Mother of 6 Battles Coronavirus” via The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/parenting/coronavirus-mom-bronx.html

• “Kerry Washington: Woman on Top” via Ebony: https://www.ebony.com/entertainment/kerry-washington-woman-on-top-333/

Blogs/Essays

• “To Be Young, Gifted, and Chadwick Boseman” via CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/29/opinions/chadwick-boseman-opinion-tribute-powell/index.html

• “To John Lewis, with love” via The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/18/to-john-lewis-with-love-kevin-powell-civil-rights-leader

• “Between Russell Simmons and The World and Oprah” via Utne Reader: https://www.utne.com/community/russell-simmons-and-oprah-zl0z2002zhoe/

• “A Letter From Father to Child” via The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/parenting/talk-to-kids-racism.html

• “The Emancipation of Kendrick Lamar” via Complex: https://www.complex.com/music/kendrick-lamar-mr-morale-big-steppers-essay/

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