I haven’t had time to really dig my heels into the controversy over Elle magazine’s alleged lightning of Gabby Sidibe’s skin for the October cover, given the potential coup d’état in Delaware and Plenary’s mad dash efforts to get LaTonya Jones’s Southern Discomfort to print, but the following headline for Allison Samuels’s article in Newsweek caught my attention: Gabby Sidibe: [...]
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Running For Cover
Posted by Tieffa Harper on September 23, 2010
http://plenaryreview.com/2010/09/23/running-for-cover/
The Art of Storytelling: Lyrics To Go
Music and literature go hand in hand in my mind. After all, we’re all artists expressing ourselves in different ways. But I rely on certain musicians to provide the soundtrack to whatever I’m working on at the moment, whether it’s my way overdue book, a legal argument or theory, Plenary Publishing business or whatever personal thing life’s throwing my [...]
Posted by Tieffa Harper on June 15, 2010
http://plenaryreview.com/2010/06/15/the-art-of-storytelling-lyrics-to-go/
The Art Of Storytelling: Disney/ABC Television Writing Fellowship
Editors Note: I felt the still from Lost (which I copped from the ABC website) was perfectly appropriate for this post given the confusion and wide disappointment over the series finale. See aspiring writers: NBC ABC needs you! Here’s an update to my earlier post about writing fellowships. ABC/Disney announced the submission deadline for their [...]
Posted by Tieffa Harper on May 25, 2010
http://plenaryreview.com/2010/05/25/the-art-of-storytelling-disneyabc-television-writing-fellowship/
Plenary Videos Of The Day: RIP To Teddy Pendergrass
Today’s videos come from a live concert featuring some of Teddy P’s numerous hits as a solo artist and as lead singer for Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes. RIP to another music legend that certainly made up part of the soundtrack to our lives, before and after. I know some of us 70′s babies are probably here because [...]
Posted by Tieffa Harper on January 14, 2010
http://plenaryreview.com/2010/01/14/plenary-videos-of-the-day-rip-to-teddy-pendergrass/
R Kelly Smiles for Tavis
The Twitterati/Internet/blogsphere’s been buzzing for the past few weeks over the news that Tavis Smiley’s SmileyBooks is set to publish R. Kelly’s memoirs next year. By my estimation, the reaction is on point. So much so, that I scrapped plans to blog in-depth about it because others have made my points, like: What About Our Daughters Womanist Musings Bol over [...]
Posted by Tieffa Harper on January 12, 2010
http://plenaryreview.com/2010/01/12/r-kelly-smiles-for-tavis/
Video Of The Day: Mariah Carey’s Precious Acceptance Speech
My reaction to Mariah Carey’s acceptance speech mirrors my reaction to “Precious.”
Posted by Tieffa Harper on January 8, 2010
http://plenaryreview.com/2010/01/08/video-of-the-day-mariah-careys-precious-acceptance-speech/
Plenary Video Of The Day: Geico’s Pothole Commercial
I should be writing and editing at the moment, but I distract myself very, very easily. I can be knee deep in something, grinding away, and random things will just pop into my head and cause me to go on a wild Google search. Like this Geico commercial. You’ve probably seen it a million times, but [...]
Posted by Tieffa Harper on December 10, 2009
http://plenaryreview.com/2009/12/10/plenary-video-of-the-day-geicos-pothole-commercial/
I’m Really Tired Of . . .
The Salahis. Can they just go away? First, if you’re going to party crash – at the White House of all places – to get in your 15 minutes, please have your affairs in order. Clock, please tick down on these people. The Woods. While I think the Mrs. busted out Tiger’s windows over all [...]
Posted by Tieffa Harper on December 2, 2009
http://plenaryreview.com/2009/12/02/im-really-tired-of/
