Welcome to Black Book Lady

Feeling bookish? Come on in. Psst…If you are here for recent pieces by Tahirah check out this link tree.

Tahirah at home reading Black Ink edited by Stephanie Stokes Oliver. — Tahirah at home reading **Black Ink** edited by Stephanie Stokes Oliver

I am a teacher and consultant by day and a book lady by other day. Black Book Lady is my little blog, a site dedicated to uplifting literary arts from the perspectives of Black womxnwimminwomenwomyn and other women of color. I center Black women and femme writers. BBL (yup, claiming that acronym) also aims to provide inclusive space for other writers committed to ending oppression. So welcome. Grab a cozy blanket and stay in the books with me for a spell.

Oh, also I write…

Selected Published Works
Public Source Essay: Breaking Up with Higher Education
Dear Brian Broome (A Love Letter for Punch Me Up to The Gods)
A Pedagogy of Black Futures Month

Forthcoming Publications
Dear Umm (Appearing in the Journal of Expressive Writing)
The Way We Pay: A Memoir in Epistolary Major
Pork, Beans, and Turkey Greens (Poems about Black Families and Grief)