Category: Essays

• Caste Last Night: A Long Shadow Read

  

  A third standing ovation for Isabel Wilkerson’s talk last night.

  Tahirah Walker

  May 10, 2022

  Anti-Oppression, Equity and Inclusion, Essays, Reflections

• Armor So Heavy

  

  It’s time to rest and recharge.

  Tahirah Walker

  March 25, 2022

  Career Thoughts, Essays, Reflections, Self Care, Tahirah Wrote This

  Black women writers, career advice, rest and relaxation, self care

• Life Changing

  

  Something amazing is happening. Not like I woke up and *everything* had changed. It’s more like wow look at that little thing growing there. And ooh there’s a seed I planted ten years ago. And sheesh look at that gorgeous area where I cleared away some dead pile of rot. One day I will wake […]

  Tahirah Walker

  March 19, 2022

  Career Thoughts, Essays, First Drafts, Gratitude, Tahirah Wrote This

• No Really, How Does It Feel?

  

  That time in the year 2000 when my sweet Beatle boy type friend went with me to a D’Angelo concert.

  Tahirah Walker

  March 17, 2022

  BBL Essentials, Commentary Corner, Essays, First Drafts, Reflections, Tahirah Wrote This

  Black women writers, concert memories, looking back

• Observe, Describe, Participate: A Rejection Story

  

  I have a difficult time processing (some) rejection. This time I tried a new method.

  Tahirah Walker

  January 28, 2022

  Career Thoughts, Essays, Reflections, Self Care, Tahirah Wrote This

  Black women writers, dialectical

• Portrait of The Pandemic as a Grown Man

  

  Something I drafted in January during the Omicron surge.

  Tahirah Walker

  January 23, 2022

  BBL Essentials, Essays, First Drafts, Reflections, Tahirah Wrote This

• My Top 5 Books of 2021: Punch Me Up to the Gods

  

  Punch Me Up to The Gods. A few words on being free.

  Tahirah Walker

  December 31, 2021

  Books Books Books, Essays, Letters

  freedom, looking back

• 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!

  Tahirah Walker

  December 31, 2021

  Books Books Books, Essays, Letters, Reflections, Ten Most Read

  Black women writers, looking back, Pittsburgh

• Right Within Continued

  

  Yup. I said there was more…thanks for clicking through to the end.

  Tahirah Walker

  December 28, 2021

  Books Books Books, Career Thoughts, Essays, Self Care

  Black women writers, career advice, looking back

• My Top 5 Books of 2021: Right Within

  

  I’m still celebrating the books that slapped in 2021. This toast is for Right Within by Minda Harts. Thank you!

  Tahirah Walker

  December 28, 2021

  Books Books Books, Career Thoughts, Essays, Reflections, Self Care

  Black women writers, career advice, looking back