As a music lover, I enjoy a variety of musical genres from old school R&B and Hip-Hop, Jazz, and Afro-Cuban Music. However, I was asked recently what is my favorite musical genre. I told the person it is Acid Jazz. They immediately asked me what is Acid Jazz? Acid Jazz is a musical genre that… Continue Reading
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Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 66: Brown Girl In The Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
Nalo Hopkinson is an author I have been wanting to read for a long time. I have seen her novels over the years but had not gotten around to reading one until now. Hopkinson tends to get overlooked in the current trend of black authors writing science fiction or fantasy. I don’t why that has… Continue Reading
Wisdom From Kammbia Movie Review: Blow The Man Down
Over the past holiday weekend, I watched an interesting, quirky movie set in a small Maine town. Blow the Man Down is an Amazon Prime Original movie and tells the story of how two sisters attempt to cover up a gruesome murder committed by one of them. The movie does a great job in revealing… Continue Reading
Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez is the second documentary about a writer I have watched in the past few days. This 2015 documentary chronicles the author’s rise from a small Colombian town to becoming one of the world’s greatest and beloved writers. We learn the genesis behind his greatest novels like One Hundred… Continue Reading
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 65: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Sometimes you can listen to an author explain what made them write a novel and it changes your mind about reading that book. This was the case for A Wizard of Earthsea, the first book of Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Leguin. I recently watched the documentary called The Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin… Continue Reading
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 64: Memoir From Antproof Case by Mark Helprin
Mark Helprin has written two of my favorite novels: Winter’s Tale (In my top 5 novels) & A Soldier of the Great War (In my top 20 novels). I had been looking forward to reading another Helprin novel for a long time. I remembered when Memoir From Antproof Case came out in the Spring 1995.… Continue Reading
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 63: The Practice by Seth Godin
Seth Godin is becoming one of my favorite public thinkers. I read his blog daily and listen to his podcast, Akimbo, as often I can. Also, I have read several of his books like Tribes, Permission Marketing, and This Is Marketing. He’s had a pulse on the business world for over three decades. His latest… Continue Reading
Marion’s Favorites: Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin Documentary
I just finished watching a documentary on Ursula K. Le Guin, the great writer of Imaginative and speculative fiction. I know that Le Guin has categorized and championed herself as a science fiction and fantasy writer. After watching this documentary, I get why she has embraced the genre as where she belongs. However, I believe… Continue Reading
Marion’s Favorites: Wes Montgomery
I had a good discussion recently with my friend about classic jazz. I mentioned that Wes Montgomery is my favorite when it comes to that genre of music. However, when it comes to classic jazz Wes Montgomery does not get mentioned in the same discussions as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, &… Continue Reading
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 62: The Ancient Child by N. Scott Momaday
I have shared many times on this blog I read for story, characters, setting, and what an author is trying to say about life. Story is my reading language. I don’t put down many books once I read them. However, if there’s no story, I’m out as a reader. I will admit that I don’t… Continue Reading
