Love, Peace, and Soooooul: The Fire This Time Writers' Group

In: Cultural studies - critical methodologies, Band 14, Heft 4, S. 333-337

Abstract

The Fire This Time (TFTT), a Black writers' collaboration which uses multiple genres of writing as our method is grounded in what Don Cornelius used to call Love, Peace, and Soul. Love, because our love for writing and the complexities and challenges of the Black experience, coupled with a passion for connecting with other Black scholars in ways that have the potential for making a difference in the world, is at the heart of this work. Peace, because through collaborative engagement with our experiences, we are reaching a deeper spiritual understanding of ourselves leading to a greater sense of inner peace, as well as how sharing our critical reflections, poems, and stories will help others make meaning out of the importance of peace in their own lives. Soul, because our souls bear witness to what it means to Black, and alive in a racist, sexist, homophobic society, from lenses informed by our race as well as our different genders, ages, and sexual orientations. This article will share the origin of TFTT, and excerpts we will construct from the larger body of work to give the reader a sense of what happens when Black scholars write to and with each other on a monthly basis.