Upcoming Events:

04.11.2008 / Speaking on Hiphop As Resistance in French Society at the 2008 EMP Pop Conference, part of a panel including Joshua Clover, Charles Mudede, and Edwin Hill. 4:00 PM, 325 5th Avenue North, Seattle.

Past Events:

03.26.2008 / Appeared at Médias & Nouvelles Générations Urbaines: Exclusion ou Intégration?, a day-long conference concerning the lack of urban representation in the French media, sponsored by TraceTV and the American Embassy. 9:00 AM, France-Amériques, 9 avenue Franklin Roosevelt, Paris.

07.14.2007 / Hosted a reading for Bronx Biannual, featuring contributors Greg Tate, Carol Taylor, Sun Singleton, Reginald Lewis and SékouWrites. Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen St., New York, NY, 7:00. Free drinks.

11.01.2006 / Martyrs of Pop event, also featuring authors Kim Cooper (In the Aeroplane Under the Sea), Jean-Emmanuele Deluxe (Lost in the Grooves) and Pierre Mikaïloff (Some Clichés). Galerie En Marge, 92 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, Paris, 5:00.

09.22.2006 / Panel discussion on the cinematic legacy of Tupac Shakur at the National Film Theatre of the British Film Institute, with NME editor Anthony Thornton and former 2Pac manager Leila Steinberg, moderated by cultural critic Jacqueline Springer. BFI, 21 Stephen Street, London. 8:00.

05.20.2006 / Discussion about black rock pioneers Sly Stone and Jimi Hendrix with author Greg Tate in Harlem. Hue-Man Bookstore & Café, 2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd., New York, NY, 6:00.

05.18.2006 / Book release for There’s a Riot Goin’ On. Morningside Bookstore, 2915 Broadway, New York, NY, 7:00. Free drinks.