Matthew Molinaro

Apr 21, 2023 | thetribune.ca | Matthew Molinaro

In 1974, the first Black woman Random House editor gathered photographs, sheet music, advertisements, obituaries, patent applications, materials, art, and ephemera in a collection entitled The Black Book. These archives, anthologies, collages, and scrapbooks celebrated, bore witness to, and captured the spectacular and the quotidian of Black life in all its forms since the so-called United States founding, all in one.

Apr 12, 2023 | mcgilltribune.com | Matthew Molinaro

In 1974, the first Black woman Random House editor gathered photographs, sheet music, advertisements, obituaries, patent applications, materials, art, and ephemera in a collection entitled The Black Book. These archives, anthologies, collages, and scrapbooks celebrated, bore witness to, and captured the spectacular and the quotidian of Black life in all its forms since the so-called United States founding, all in one.

Mar 21, 2023 | mcgilltribune.com | Matthew Molinaro

In 1960, the Queen of Jazz made amistake. Performing the song “Mack the Knife” in West Berlin, EllaFitzgerald forgot the lines. The weight of global expectations stoodon her shoulders as one of the first Black women to sing thispiece—and in front of a white, international audience, no less. Thelyrics failed her––no matter. Error did not create an obstacle, but anopportunity.

Mar 7, 2023 | mcgilltribune.com | Matthew Molinaro

In a now-viral, nine-minute introduction speech in praise of Michael B. Jordan’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, actor Jonathan Majors expressed his love for his friend, Creed III co-star, and brother. Embracing one another, the pair displayed an intimacy and affection uncommon in an era that has proclaimed a decline in men’s friendships.