Masthead (Copy)
KIZA BlackLit is a quarterly publication of Next Level Publications Group, Inc. (NLPG). NLPG is a 501c3 nonprofit organization, with a mission to celebrate, promote and support …
Editor’s Take (Copy)
BY NJEMILE Z. ALI
This is Age of the Return, when we gather the gifts from the past to fuel the next breakthrough to our highest Selves. Our writers are moving soil in the deep …
Black ACE Happenings (Copy)
The drums are calling us to the fireside for stories, verse and film from the Black Arts, Culture & Entertainment abundant storehouse. Commune with fellow lovers of the arts …
Love Like This (Copy)
In the spirit of resonance, I selected a music-centered novel—author ReShonda Tate’s historical fiction, With Love from Harlem, about the fascinating life of the multi-faceted jazz musician and actress, Hazel Scott …
A New Sound: Weathering the Storm by Dr. Tiffany G. Townsend (Copy)
When looking at the cover of Weathering the Storm, I felt a calm like this book had simply arrived—at the right time, for the right reasons.
Emergence after Burnout: Reclaiming Creative Power as a Black Writer (Copy)
BY ERYKA PARKER
This piece explores burnout through the lens of Black creative life, focusing on restoration, sustainability, and reclaiming creative power in a literary culture that often prioritizes visibility over wholeness …
Doing Crazy Stuff: Riding the Waters from Fear to Freedom (Copy)
So, doing crazy stuff. Ms. Brown, how and why did you pick up this mantle of doing crazy stuff? And let's define what this crazy stuff is that you do …
Resonance & Emergence: A BlackLit Universe (Copy)
Welcome to the Universal orbit.
This is the center of the glow,
Where our creativity
Lets the hidden rivers flow.
NEW: Movie Review! (Copy)
BY SHAUNDALE RÉNĀ
After a series of bad relationships, Renae manages to focus on herself and to rebuild her life through therapy and self-awareness. That is, until she becomes entangled with a high-powered attorney at the top of his legal game … It’s FATAL PROMISES THE MOVIE. You can’t miss this one.
Dreams and Let Go to Grow (Copy)
What are you willing to do to have your dreams come true?
How are you willing to be to have your vision flow free?
What are you willing to release to have your purpose fly?
What are you willing to do to have your dreams all come alive …
Tax Burden (Copy)
BY TIMOTHE DAVIS
Ms. Baker had never been summoned to the Department of Emotional Taxation before. But when she saw that pink letter in her mailbox, she knew that she was about to be audited.
Resonance & Emergence: Unfolding the Self When God Went Silent (Copy)
There are moments in life that divide time into a clear before and after. For me, that moment arrived quietly, delivered in a clinical voice, …
Understanding Black Male Learning Styles (Copy)
With such a disproportionate percentage of males placed in special education, it is obvious that we have not fully understood male learning styles and gender differences. If we are cognizant of gender differences, it is incumbent upon us to make the necessary adjustments.
Torment (Copy)
BY NJEMILE Z. ALI
For the first time,
I feel I can relate to my dad.
Today I asked myself/him,
“What would you rather …
