A Birthday Celebration for ***Them***? Yes!
“Why she do this?” I listened to those words roll off my husband’s lips. He was relaying a question he […]
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Mother’s Day with Jesmyn Ward
Well, it’s the day after Mother’s Day but I know the holiday will be on my mind tonight when she
Dear Eusebia
I was 22 when my tears first learned to harden in my eyes. A daughter of Africa, Virginia and Newark, I found myself closest to what I would call home in a hospital along the Artibonite River.
Interview With the Vampire and Me
Am I going to watch season one of the new Interview with the Vampire TV Series a 3rd time? This is the question I’m trying to answer in between parenting, meetings, classes and my “real” writing projects. The answer is yes.
How it felt to read “Big Girl” with my daughter…
What Sullivan offers us big girls through Malaya with so much care and love is a reminder of our agency.
There’s Always This Evening
A reflection about what it was like to partner with Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures on the Ten Evenings event with poet, essayist, culture critic Ohioan Hanif Abdurraqib.
Dear Issa M. Mas
“Grief Thoughts” by Issa M. Mas is the gift 2022 didn’t tell me was coming my way. I’m so grateful.
Dear Kiese Laymon
I’m still writing letters to writers. Sometimes they are long. That’s gonna have to be ok right now.
My Top 5 Books of 2021: Punch Me Up to the Gods
Punch Me Up to The Gods. A few words on being free.
My Top 5 Books of 2021: This Is Where We Find Ourselves
This is a celebration of a book that brought me smiles and brought me home. This Is Where We Find Ourselves. Enjoy!