My Next Home; My First Home
Lately I have been connecting myself in small ways to the house in Newark that my mom owned with my […]
First Drafts
Pantoum for Bilquis and Hajara
Two of my daughters are 11 months apart. This is the time of year where they will soon be the
Staying Grounded
Who knows how exactly to do this in a world where so much of what we consume is designed to
A History of Dreaming to Discovery
My speech for the Sankofa ceremony at Cal U today. Might alter and edit but a draft is always fun to share.
Bubbles
At the time it seemedThey would laaaaastForEverMy girls floated in space around meAll beads and braids and giggles and balliesAnd
Rooting for Imam Salim
It isn’t such a hard thing when people ask me what I did for Father’s Day. There are people I
Souls in the Wood
This was my first Haitian home. Stranded at the airport I knew nothing of Port-au-Prince’s landscape. I had studied much
Dear Brian Broome
Book launch question was if I thought Brian Broome was funny. I wish I had seven minutes to say all of this and more. I didn’t but I write soooo I wrote it.
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
Grief Paints, Too
My mom’s birthday. My dad’s death and me somewhere in between remembering.