Asha French

Jeymes Samuel’s "The Book of Clarence" centers the strained relationship between twin brothers Clarence and Thomas (both played by LaKeith Stansfield). Clarence is a street pharmacist who, abandoned by his twin for the rumored Messiah, decides to pull a messianic hoax of his own. Each brother struggles under the weight of Roman occupation. Thomas retreats from the world, following a messiah at the expense of his relationship with his own mother and brother. Clarence courts trouble, borrowing ...

Tomi Um
My daughter sprouted from my head like Athena and Zeus. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it, especially since my decision to become a single mother was a cerebral affair. I’d combed through every theory of sociologists who try to argue that the problems of black single mothers can be fixed only by marriage. I countered each one with logic, optimism and nerve inherited from role models who walked this path before me.
Now I know the question I ignored when I tried to tack “by choice...

Perhaps the most interesting aftershock of Black Panther, Marvel’s latest superhero film, directed by Ryan Coogler, is the renewed interest in the field of ophthalmology. If social media is any indication, everyone has an opinion about the “right” set of lenses necessary for understanding this film. The most fun-loving (it seems unfair to call them anti-intellectuals just because they want to enjoy this film) prescribe a set of lenses called “take several seats.” They want their patients to e...

Asha French is a writer and visiting professor at Kentucky State University. She is a member of the Affrilachian Poets, and she has published in Ebony, PoemMemoirStory, Warpland, and Muva Magazine.

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