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...first issue of Diaspora, a black student literary magazine, will be published later this month if all goes well, Mark Roberts '77, Diaspora editor, said yesterday...
...need a wider range of publications open to members of the community here, particularly the black community," Roberts said, adding Diaspora should provide another "avenue for creative expression...
...name Diaspora is frequently associated with Jewish history and culture. However, Byron Heath '77, assistant editor of Diaspora said yesterday the magazine's title refers to "the dispersion of blacks from the homeland. And in our magazine, we want to reflect variety. There's no one stereotype of blacks here...
...Office of the Arts granted Roberts $400 to found Diaspora. Patrons pledged an additional...
John Murray Cuddihy calls this jag ged meditation a "midrash." The metaphor is apt, for like a Talmudic exegesis, the book is a learned commentary on "sacred" texts, in this case those of the giants of the Jewish Diaspora. As with a midrash, the argument unfolds from a single overriding principle: in this case the bold if cranky notion that from Marx to Freud to Abbie Hoffman, the Jewish intellectual vanguard has been obsessed by embarrassment at its own Jewishness...