c’bs alife – original thought magazine

…i told you it’d only be a second…wanted y’all to see this review from c’bs alife allah in original thought magazine…check out “the word made fresh” section for the book, then check the site real fast…

in another second…i told you it was poppin’!?!

tor’cha, the new book by Todd Craig
Written by C’BS ALife Allah

See, I check for who is advocating a book. Most books will have a list of names of people who are co-signing a book. What makes me sit up and take notice though about Todd Craig’s book are the people who are recommending it. These are some high caliber people and some of the people who I’d rather listen verses some nameless person in the New York Times. And let me also just get it out of the way…add my name to that list. In fact, put mine’s right up on the top.

The challenge with Black literature is to keep it relevant to the target audience while also securing a place in the larger body of word literature. The problem with a large part of what ‘passes’ as Back literature is that it is just fast food black (yeah a small ‘b’ on purpose) literature. It is only reflective of a small segment of Black life. It also offers nothing to that segment. It doesn’t get to the root of issues, it doesn’t connect it to larger problems, and it doesn’t offer solutions. tor’cha is that answer. It has layers that allow you to dig deeper and deeper into it. It connects with that street youth on the corner while at the same time can be found in the backpack of a college student at a historically Black college. Each layer is a meal.

I have a hard time with a lot of the current onslaught of Black literature because it either offers this idealized view of the street life or it is just so nihilistic. If you are going to show the struggle show the fortitude. Show how the person realizes and implements solutions. Also, get your writing game up. INNOVATE new forms of story telling. The same way that people like Hype Williams and Spike Lee innovated cinematic techniques with video and movies can be manifested in writing. Todd Craig has a magnetic story style that is all his own and will draw you in.

Check out the synopsis…

So you already see the brother is doing it big. Support literature by Original People. Also keep watching this spot here on Original Thought cause we’re working to get the brother to add on with us.

Check out the brother and cop his book at his website Blackerinkwells.com. Don’t play yourself. Go there now.