QueenKaren Slack, soprano, has been nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Classical Solo vocal album for Beyond the Years —…Feb 2Feb 2
Four YearsMy husband, the Rev. Robert Clarke Smith, died four years ago today. All month I kept slipping up on the date. Checked the death…Jan 28Jan 28
The Last Assignment PageIn college Fall-Term life, this early December feels like the End Times. “Writing and Politics” at UPenn, cross-listed between Africana…Dec 5, 2024Dec 5, 2024
Letting 18-year-olds Drive Us to the Future: Confessions of Old, Some of Us, Like, Seriously Old.Very few 18-year-olds can afford to buy their own cars. But they can drive. Adult judgment is kicking in, they have the reflexes of Wonder…Nov 13, 2024Nov 13, 2024
The End of the RunOne week ago my play, Ladysitting, closed at Arden Theatre in Philadelphia. I was in Mexico with family on a trip we planned almost a year…Mar 18, 2024Mar 18, 2024
Playing with a Broken ToyWhen Brent White read Daniel Beaty’s Knock, Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me to his children, something happened. A tune White had written…Feb 22, 2023Feb 22, 2023
One Book One Norristown, 9/24Saturday, 24 September 2022, launches One Book One Norristown featuring The Price of a Child. Thanks and praise for Director Monica…Sep 23, 2022Sep 23, 2022
Thank you, Arden!On Friday, 10 June, 2022, I was privileged to accept Arden Theatre’s Master Storyteller Award. I roamed The Independence Visitor Center…Jun 12, 2022Jun 12, 2022
The Gospel According to Nana, for ChristmastideThis is what I learned in Opera Camp, which is how my family and I referred to the American Lyric Theater’s Composer-Librettist Development…Dec 22, 2021Dec 22, 2021
