Opal J. MooreAfrican-AmericanTransforming the Study of Literature — and OurselvesThe pursuit of the study of what we now call African American literature is its own story. The teaching of this radical and radicalizing literature is a parallel story that shares all of the problems and challenges of African American presence in the academy and in this nation.July 14, 2007African-AmericanBreeder and Other Stories. – book reviewsReviewed by Opal J. Moore Breeder and Other Stories by Dr. Eugenia Collier Black Classic Press, 1994 Baltimore, Maryland 188 pages Hardback: $11.95 I have stored up tales for you, my children My favorite children, my only children; Of shackles and slaves and a bill of rights.July 4, 2007StudentsThe Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni – book reviewsI like to bring Nikki Giovanni’s poetry into my poetry workshops, especially the “Beginning Poetry Workshop.” I have a number of good reasons. The first is what her biographer, Virginia Fowler, tells us is Giovanni’s “single most important achievement,” which is “(t)he development of a unique and distinctive voice.”June 17, 2007Page 1 of 1