Articles by E. Ethelbert Miller
Loose Oil Is a Way of Life in West Africa
June 21, 2010 | With worldwide desecration of the environment by oil spills, the words "black planet" take on new meaning.
When Leaders Sleep Do They Dream of Peace?
May 18, 2010 | What if Ariel Sharon awoke from his vegetative state?
Interview with Virgil Suarez
March 22, 2010 | Cuban-American poet Virgil Suarez talks about the literal and literary bridges between Cuba and America.
Poem: ‘The Genesis of Torture’
June 15, 2009 | On the issue of torture, what goes around comes around.
Empire Roundtable
March 26, 2009 | We asked FPIF's senior analysts to weigh in on the future course of American foreign policy: maintenance of empire or its rejection?
Richard Wright on Black Power
June 6, 2008 | On the 100th anniversary of Richard Wright's birth, E. Ethelbert Miller interviews three scholars on the writer's take on Africa and colonialism.
Interview with R. Victoria Arana
April 10, 2008 | E. Ethelbert Miller talks with R. Victoria Arana about new black literature in Britain and its take on empire.
The Poetics of Botero’s Abu Ghraib Paintings
December 31, 2007 | Fernando Botero has created a powerful series of paintings about torture. An interview with two poets on this groundbreaking work.
Interview with Edwidge Danticat
October 16, 2007 | E. Ethelbert Miller talks with Edwidge Danticat about her new memoir, U.S. immigration law, and U.S.-Haitian relations.