Refereed Journal Publications

• Walker, Jamie D. (2007), “James Brown, The Godfather of Soul, Dies at 73,” Black Arts Quarterly.

 

• Walker, Jamie D. (2004), “Manifesto for My Soul (Poem),” BMa: The Sonia Sanchez Literary Review.

Magazines and Newsletters

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Too Much Protein?: Re-Examining the Benefits of Soy and Whey,”

Heart & Soul magazine (December/January 2008)

·        Walker, Jamie D. “African Americans Figure Prominently in Presidential Debate,”

About...Time 35.3 (2007): 34-37.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Vacation Getaway: Cancun, Mexico,” Heart & Soul magazine

(Feb/March 2007)

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Interview with Sonia Sanchez,” Heart & Soul magazine (June/July 2006)

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Broadway’s The Color Purple Empowers Many,” About…Time 33.4

(Spring 2006); reprinted in The Washington Informer and The African American Literature Book Club Online.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Playwright August Wilson Loses Battle with Liver Cancer,”

About…Time 33.3 (2005): 30-31.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Thousands Bid Farewell to Luther Vandross,” About…Time 33.2 (2005)

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Ossie Davis: Remembering Him with Love,” About…Time 33.1 (2005)

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Why I Write,” Sable Literary Magazine, 5.1 (Fall 2004): 29-36.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “The Healing Power of Poetry: In Praise and Support of Amiri Baraka,"

Trombones (Spring 2003): 8.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Making Music, Making Babies: A Sneak Peak into the Lives of Parents Who Perform.” The Kindred Papers, 1.1 (2003): 10.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Heart’s Day Celebration Honoring Sonia Sanchez Touches Many,” Trombones (Spring 2002): 2.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Sonia Sanchez: The Poet as Teacher,” Trombones (Fall 2001): 6.

Books

• Walker, Jamie D. (2006), Signifyin’ Me: New and Selected Poems. Philadelphia: Xlibris Corp.

• Walker, Jamie D. (2005), 101 Ways Black Women Can Learn to Love Themselves. Philadelphia: Xlibris Corp.

• Walker, Jamie D. (Forthcoming), Editor, Sonia On My Mind: A Critical Evaluation of the Poetry and Plays of Sonia Sanchez, with a Foreword by Maya Angelou, Introduction by Joyce Joyce, and Afterword by Beverly Guy-Sheftall.

Chapters in Books

• Walker, Jamie D. (2005), “The Power of Preparation,” in It Doesn’t Take a Genius: Five Truths to Inspire Genius in Every Student, Tommie L. Lindsey and Randall McCutcheon, editors. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.

• Walker, Jamie D. (2006), “When He Demands All My Poems Be Written to Liberate Black America,” in Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees, DuEwa M. Frazier, editor. New York: Lit Noire Publishing, 2006.

• Walker, Jamie D. (2005), “It Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now: Interview with Jamie Walker,” in I Woke Up and Put My Crown On: The Project of 76 Voices, Rochelle D. Hart, editor. Baltimore, MD: Publish America, 2005.

• Walker, Jamie D. (2005), “When I Got It,” in It Doesn’t Take a Genius: Five Truths to Inspire Genius in Every Student, Tommie L. Lindsey and Randall McCutcheon, editors. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.

• Walker, Jamie D. (2004), “Interview with Esther Cooper Jackson,” (co-founder of Freedomways magazine),” in A Wealth of Wisdom: Legendary African American Elders Speak, Camille O. Cosby

and Renee Poussaint, editors. New York: Atria Books.

• Walker, Jamie D. (Forthcoming), “A Poem for Dead Hearts,” in Are All the Women Still White?: Globalizing Women’s Studies

• Walker, Jamie D. “A Poem for Toni Morrison,” in Gumbo for the Soul: The Recipe for Literacy in the African American Community, Beverly Black Johnson, editor. iUniverse. 1007.

Newspapers and Web-based Articles

• Walker, Jamie D. “Race for the Cure March Proves Successful,” The Washington Informer,

6 June 2006.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Sonia Sanchez and Ten Grandmothers Acquitted of Defiant Trespassing,”

African American Literature Book Club Online, 1 December 2006.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Thousands Bid Farewell to Luther Vandross,” The Washington Informer,

14 July 2005.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Broadway’s ‘The Color Purple’ Empowers Many,” The Tennessee Tribune

(Forthcoming); Reprinted with permission in The San Francisco Bayview, The Ebony-Brevard Times, and

The Washington Informer.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Playwright August Wilson Battles Liver Cancer,” The Afro-American,

1 Sept. 2005.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Remembering Ossie Davis, With Love,” The Washington Informer,

16 Feb. 2005.; Reprinted with permission in The Tennessee Tribune and About . . . Time magazine.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Furious Flower Conference Celebrates African American Poetry.” The New York Amsterdam News, 7-13 Oct. 2004: 23. Reprinted with permission on The African American Literature Book Club Online.

• Walker, Jamie D. “The Full Moon of Sonia.” The Final Call, 17 Aug. 2004: 7.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Sonia Sanchez Begins Full Moon Tour at National Black Arts Festival.”

The New York Amsterdam News, 5—11 Aug. 2004: 21. Reprinted with permission in The Final Call.

• Walker, Jamie D. “Sisterspace Fights Eviction,” The Final Call, 15 June 2004: 7.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Former Essence Editor-in-Chief Opens Inn for Black Writers,” The New York Amsterdam News, 16—22 Aug. 2004. Reprinted with permission in The Tennessee Tribune, 4—10 April 2004 and The African American Literature Book Club Online.

·        Walker, Jamie D. “Home-Going Celebration for Daughter of Amina and Amiri Baraka Touches Many,” The San Francisco Bayview, 20 Aug. 2003. Reprinted with permission in The Amsterdam News, 21—27 Aug. 2003: B1 and Chickenbones: An Online Literary Journal.

·        "Dorothy Height Retires Expenses on Mortgage at Birthday Bash," The Tennessee Tribune,

4—10 April 2002: A1. Reprinted with permission in The Howard Hilltop and The Black World Today.

·        “Camille O. Cosby and Renee Poussaint Launch National Visionary Leadership Project,” The Tennessee Tribune, 14—20 March 2001: A1. Reprinted with permission in The Spelman Spotlight, The Howard Hilltop, and The Black World Today. 

Presentations and Workshops

• “A Wealth of Wisdom: Legendary African American Elders Speak,” The Schomburg Center,

New York, 2004 (panel with Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Esther Cooper Jackson, David Driskell, et al;

Recorded on CSPAN)

• “From the Black Arts Movement to Hip Hop,” The Tenderloin Book Fair, San Francisco, CA.,

2004; panel with Sonia Sanchez, Amiri Baraka, Askia Tourè, et al) 

 

• “Gwendolyn Brooks' In Montgomery," Karibu Bookstore, Hyattsville, MD, 2004

(poetry presentation and panel reading with Tony Medina and Shani Jamila)

 

• “Featured Poet: A Tribute to Sonia Sanchez," Naropa University, Boulder, CO, 2004

 

•   “Being Professionally Active While Teaching,” Howard University, Washington, DC., 2002 

  (presentation for the annual “Teaching Associates & Assistants Workshop” in the Graduate School)

• “Keynote Speaker,” The Circle of Friends Book Club Extravaganza, Atlanta, GA, 2002.

(Circle of Friends was featured twice on The Oprah Winfrey Show)

• “Developing Healthy Self-Esteem in Black Girls,” The Teen Extreme Summer Jam,

Washington, DC, 2002.

• “Keynote Speaker,” Calvary Episcopal Church, Washington, DC, 2002.

             (Presentation of first book for The Association for the Study of African American Life and History)

• “Panel Participant: African American Literature” at The Black Caucus of American Librarians, 2002. Association Fifth National Conference of African-American Librarians in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. (panel with Kwame Alexander, Tajuana Butler, Timmothy McCann, and Victor McGlothin)

• “Panel Participant: The Construction of Whiteness” at Howard University in Washington, DC, 2002 (panel featuring Toni Morrison and artwork by her son, Slade Morrison)

•  “Panel Participant: Motivational and Non-Fiction Writing,” The Second Annual African American Literature Conference, University of Maryland (College Park), 2002  

Book Reviews

• Rev. of Mother Love: Reinventing A Good and Blessed Future For Our Children by Esther Davis-Thompson. Mosaic (Summer 2001).