The Nuyorican Poets Café presents Ishmael Reed’s newest play, The Shine Challenge, 2024. A virtual reading directed by Carla Blank. About the play: Like members of most ethnic groups, the purpose of our schooling was to have us fit into the Anglo mainstream. At home and on the playground, in the absence of books, other story-telling traditions were available, handed down through the generations as part of an oral tradition. However, there was a story-telling tradition that we kept from our parents because of the bad words. They were called “toasts”…
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