April Sinclair News Today

Tracy Sherrod, the former v-p and editorial director of Amistad, on Black books, discourse, commerce, and the American racial reckoning.

OSWEGO — “Lemony Snicket” author Daniel Handler, April Sinclair (one of Oprah’s “25 Living Legends”) and luminary poet Arisa White will share their knowledge and insights in conversation, hosted by and for SUNY Oswego’s community but also made open to the public because of their level of popularity. The virtual chat featuring these Subnivean Awards judges, followed by finalists reading their work, will mark the first-ever literary competition showcase for the ...

OSWEGO — It’s not common for an undergraduate student to work on a literary magazine that includes submissions from a former U.S. poet laureate and other award winners, but that, Soma Mei Sheng Frazier said, is the beauty of the new SUNY Oswego offering called Subnivean. Launched in the fall semester, Subnivean is a new, undergraduate-staffed digital publication concentrated in a class taught by Frazier, an assistant professor of English and creative writing. The debut issue featured ...