The Grio published an opinion column yesterday asking this: "Do black men prefer their women larger?"
Weighing in was Milton Kent, a former sportswriter at the Baltimore Sun who hosts "Sports at Large" on WYPR in Baltimore and is, as it happens, a friend of mine. Kent, for the record, is black. And the Grio [...]

If you haven't quite finished nerding out on George Pelecanos, you have a couple more options in addition to his readings this week. Today Akashic Books (founded by Johnny Temple, frontman of the onetime D.C. band Girls Against Boys) announced a pair of readings attached to D.C. Noir 2, a collection of classic District-set fiction. [...]