Wanda's Picks Radio Show

1. Wallis Tinnie, Ph.D., & Dinizulu Gene Tinnie re:VIRTUAL Annual Seminole Maroon Spiritual Remembrance of the Two 1838 Battles of the Loxahatchee 1/9 & 1/17. FBHRPINC.org for links to programs

2. Stacey Hoffman, ED, Living Jazz, joins us to talk about In the Name of Love: A Musical Tribute to Dr. MLK Jr. (2001), Jan. 17, 2021, 4 p.m. PT.

Poetry Jam: the Afrofuturist Edition. Thursday, January 14, 2021. Hosted by San Francisco’s Poet Laureate Kim Shuck. Sponsored by the San Francisco Public Library one can view from YouTube feature: Ishmael Reed and Dr. Glenn Parish.

3. Ishmael Reed is the winner of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship (genius award), the renowned L.A. Times Robert Kirsch Lifetime Achievement Award and the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Award. Ishmael Reed is the author of more than thirty titles including the acclaimed novel Mumbo Jumbo, as well as non-fiction, plays and poetry. Reed’s latest book of poetry is Why The Black Hole Sings The Blues.  He is a Distinguished Professor at the California College of the Arts.

Dr. Glenn Parris writes cross-genre books in medical mystery, Afrofuturism, science fiction, fantasy and historical fiction. Dr. Parris’s short story "The Tooth Fairies: Quest for Tear Haven" is now available in the Outland Entertainment new faerie stories anthology, Where the Veil is Thin, edited by Alana Joli Abbot and Cerece Rennie Murphy. His Afrofuturistic novel, Dragon’s Heir is being republished by Outland Entertainment in 2021.