Danzy Senna & Gary Younge, Hammer Conversations

3/6/08 -- Danzy Senna's debut novel, Caucasia, was the winner of the BOMC Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction and of a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. Gary Younge, the Alfred Knobler Journalism Fellow at The Nation Institute, is the New York correspondent for The Guardian and the author of No Place Like Home: A Black Briton's Journey Through the Deep South and Stranger in a Strange Land: Travels in the Disunited States.

Hammer Conversations is an ongoing series that pair thinkers from a range of disciplines for engaging provacative discussions on culture, science, and the arts.

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[dan11009]

@justifixion its only got around 1000hits - i doubt it will hinder the case :P

[applecounty]

@MattyJames25 Gary younge was raised in one of the many 'New Towns' that developed after WW2 to accomodate those who were left homeless by the bombing.

[justifixion]

Danzy Senna is being sued by her father Carl Senna for the libel in her latest book. This video should not even be appearing on youtube. She is a liar and that book is all made up stories.

[MattyJames25]

This is so absurd... Intellectualizing the political vicissitudes of the US based on race alone is slightly interesting, don't get me wrong... but if you've ever lived in a lower to middle class neighborhood in most parts of the US, white/black/Hispanic/Asian/mix­ed matters far less than these two authors seem to understand.

They are obviously of affluent backgrounds, educated, and totally disconnected from reality. Intelligent though, but way too out of touch.

[DjDedan]

Aint no aliens in I Am Legend o_O... i thought that movie was more about will smith being some type of Jesus Figure than anything else... which in itself does deserve some discussion... whats interesting is that the movie changes the original novel's ending - which i won't spoil here, but if you are curious you can easily find out abuot by surfing or just read it!