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February 21, 2022  |  By Edward J Boyer  |  In Columns, Short Takes, Wild Cards

Homecoming in Havana

I had seen him watching me for several days. The driveway leading out of Havana’s Hotel Nacional might have been 50 yards or more, and he seemed to be standing there at the end of it every day.

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August 21, 2015  |  By Edward J Boyer  |  In Columns

Finding the Spirit at West Angeles

Sure, they wanted to go to Venice Beach, Hollywood, the Santa Monica Promenade, Century City and downtown. But at the top of their list was 7 a.m. ‘‘mass’’ at West Angeles Church of God in Christ.

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June 25, 2015  |  By Edward J Boyer  |  In Columns

The Origin of Hip

George Robinson, approaching his 80s, was helping his wife with her boots one recent winter.

For some reason, she was uncomfortable, and putting them on became a challenge. Finally, after some struggle, the boots were in place. Robinson, a resident of Detroit, then looked up at her and said: ”There, honey. I’ve got you hipped and booted.”

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April 14, 2015  |  By Edward J Boyer  |  In Longer Takes

A Heartbeat in Search of a Heart

L.A.’s Leimert Park has become a center of black creativity. Now actress Marla Gibbs dreams of a theater to anchor it.

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March 18, 2015  |  By Edward J Boyer  |  In Reviews

‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’

August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone at the Los Angeles Theatre Center is a journey behind illusions to the reality of blood rituals, “bones people,” haints, conjurers and elusive shiny men.

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March 2, 2015  |  By Edward J Boyer  |  In Reviews

A Change in Perception : MAKES ME WANNA HOLLER: A Young Black Man in America

His girlfriend–the mother of his child–had been threatened right in front of his face. Such disrespect called for swift retaliation.
The inevitable confrontation followed, culminated by a bullet that wound up only an inch from the offender’s heart. The next shot would surely have been fatal had not a friend intervened and persuaded him not to fire.

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I was hooked on becoming an ink-stained wretch after seeing my first byline when I was in 4th Grade and covered a basketball tournament for our elementary school newspaper in Detroit. Those bylines continued on newspapers in high school, at Wayne State University and at the two dailies in the Motor City. I left daily journalism for nearly six years to work as a correspondent for Time magazine, but returned as a writer and editor at the Los Angeles Times…[Read More]

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