Monday, October 22, 2018

The Sociologist-Poet Whose Artistic Career Just Blasted Into The Stratosphere, With A Lift From Marvel Comics

Eve Ewing has had quite the year, with a book of poetry, a play co-authored with Gwendolyn Brooks, and then a new work of sociology coming out this week. But then there’s Marvel. “In August, Dr. Ewing caused minor pandemonium on the internet when she announced that she had been hired to write Ironheart, the first solo title featuring its character Riri Williams, black girl genius from Chicago.”



Article source here:Arts Journal

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