Kevin Powell’s Recommended Reading List

“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)

“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

“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/

“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/