Darius James Non-Fiction Columbia University

Columbia University

Paper cuts by graphic artist Alec Dempster complement Lawson’s poems

Mugabi’s writing is used to teach High School English in Kampala and Toronto schools

babies who are destined to molt like tarantulas

Darius James Non-Fiction Columbia UniversityDarius James (aka Dr. Snakeskin, born 1954) is an African American author and performance artist. He is the author of That's Blaxploitation: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude (Rated X by an All Whyte Jury), an unorthodox, semi autobiographical history of the blaxploitation film genre, and Negrophobia: An Urban Parable, a satirical novel written in screenplay form. His work is influenced by the Voodoo religion. James lives in Hamden, Connecticut. His work