Stacy Parker Le Melle
Biographic Data
| ID | 1059906 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stacy Parker Le Melle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stacy Parker |
| FAMILY NAME | Le Melle |
| SIGNATURE | LE MELLE S P |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
This Love Saves Lives: Community and Callaloo at Oxford University
This Love Saves LivesCommunity and Callaloo at Oxford University Stacy Parker Le Melle (bio) On November 22, 2016, two weeks after Election Day, I returned to Oxford, England, for the first time in two decades since my year as a post-grad student. New York City felt like both safety and danger and I wanted a few days outside of everything Donald Trump, even if the escape was to one of the greatest sites of Western European truth-making, an operat…
Callaloo and Creative Writing
Callaloo and Creative Writing* Jacinda Townsend (bio), Vievee Francis (bio), Gregory Pardlo (bio), John McCluskey Jr. (bio), Ishion Hutchinson (bio), Joshua Bennett (bio), AH Jerriod Avant (bio), Stacy Parker Le Melle (bio), and Sebastian Matthews (bio) TOWNSEND: Hi and welcome to the panel Callaloo and Creative Writing. In 1997, Dr. Rowell formed the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop. The workshop was first mounted at HBCUs like Morehouse, Spel…
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Reviewed by: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Stacy Parker Le Melle (bio) Whitehead, Colson. The Underground Railroad. New York: Doubleday, 2016.* When Cora, the protagonist of Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad boarded an escape train in antebellum Georgia, fleeing the only landscape she’d ever known, the Black conductor turned around and said: “Look outside as you speed through, and you’ll see the true face of America” (69)…
Harlem BE
Harlem B&E Stacy Parker Le Melle (bio) The first time I heard a helicopter over my apartment I wondered, did bin Laden come back to life? The helo hovered over our brownstone near Lenox Avenue and I swore I could feel compression from the spinning blades. Other bodies had to feel this, too, on these blocks of brownstones, churches, and bodegas. Rapper Ice Cube included “no helicopter looking for a murder” as proof of a good South Central LA day. …
Show Some Love for the World Famous Apollo Kids
Show Some Love for the World Famous Apollo Kids! Stacy Parker Le Melle (bio) 1 Up the stairs, up the stairs, the ushers point and nod, letting us know to keep going, don’t stop, that there are no seats available between here and the nosebleeds. We snagged free tickets to a taping of Showtime at the Apollo and I can hear them pump Marvin and Tammi, above us, around us, setting the mood. I’m happy, no matter how hot August is outside, no matter how…
A Praise Song for Maya Angelou
A Praise Song for Maya Angelou Stacy Parker Le Melle (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution Maya Angelou April 4, 1928—May 28, 2014 Photo by Dwight Carter Photograpty ©DwightCarter.com [End Page 1035] Maya Angelou named her fifth published memoir All of God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes—an apt declaration for the great American poet, activist, dancer, and teacher who spent her life in motion, pushing past barriers of straw and stone a…
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Reviewed by: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Stacy Parker Le Melle (bio) Whitehead, Colson. The Underground Railroad. New York: Doubleday, 2016.* When Cora, the protagonist of Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad boarded an escape train in antebellum Georgia, fleeing the only landscape she’d ever known, the Black conductor turned around and said: “Look outside as you speed through, and you’ll see the true face of America” (69)…
A Praise Song for Maya Angelou
A Praise Song for Maya Angelou Stacy Parker Le Melle (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution Maya Angelou April 4, 1928—May 28, 2014 Photo by Dwight Carter Photograpty ©DwightCarter.com [End Page 1035] Maya Angelou named her fifth published memoir All of God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes—an apt declaration for the great American poet, activist, dancer, and teacher who spent her life in motion, pushing past barriers of straw and stone a…
Show Some Love for the World Famous Apollo Kids
Show Some Love for the World Famous Apollo Kids! Stacy Parker Le Melle (bio) 1 Up the stairs, up the stairs, the ushers point and nod, letting us know to keep going, don’t stop, that there are no seats available between here and the nosebleeds. We snagged free tickets to a taping of Showtime at the Apollo and I can hear them pump Marvin and Tammi, above us, around us, setting the mood. I’m happy, no matter how hot August is outside, no matter how…
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Reviewed by: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Stacy Parker Le Melle (bio) Whitehead, Colson. The Underground Railroad. New York: Doubleday, 2016.* When Cora, the protagonist of Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad boarded an escape train in antebellum Georgia, fleeing the only landscape she’d ever known, the Black conductor turned around and said: “Look outside as you speed through, and you’ll see the true face of America” (69)…
Harlem BE
Harlem B&E Stacy Parker Le Melle (bio) The first time I heard a helicopter over my apartment I wondered, did bin Laden come back to life? The helo hovered over our brownstone near Lenox Avenue and I swore I could feel compression from the spinning blades. Other bodies had to feel this, too, on these blocks of brownstones, churches, and bodegas. Rapper Ice Cube included “no helicopter looking for a murder” as proof of a good South Central LA day. …
This Love Saves Lives: Community and Callaloo at Oxford University
This Love Saves LivesCommunity and Callaloo at Oxford University Stacy Parker Le Melle (bio) On November 22, 2016, two weeks after Election Day, I returned to Oxford, England, for the first time in two decades since my year as a post-grad student. New York City felt like both safety and danger and I wanted a few days outside of everything Donald Trump, even if the escape was to one of the greatest sites of Western European truth-making, an operat…
Callaloo and Creative Writing
Callaloo and Creative Writing* Jacinda Townsend (bio), Vievee Francis (bio), Gregory Pardlo (bio), John McCluskey Jr. (bio), Ishion Hutchinson (bio), Joshua Bennett (bio), AH Jerriod Avant (bio), Stacy Parker Le Melle (bio), and Sebastian Matthews (bio) TOWNSEND: Hi and welcome to the panel Callaloo and Creative Writing. In 1997, Dr. Rowell formed the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop. The workshop was first mounted at HBCUs like Morehouse, Spel…
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