fighting symbolic annihilation
Last February I flew to Austin, Texas to film a 10-minute segment on the importance…
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home, community, & belonging
It’s hard to think about anything other than Saturday’s salon, but I need to take…
roots
It’s hotter in NYC than it is here in Nevis. For the past three mornings…
brace yourself
I haven’t blogged much lately. Partly because I was trying to finish Judah’s Tale (I…
Juneteenth
Being the descendant of slaves gives you a clear sense of perspective. I already know…
lag
I woke at 3:30 this morning—7:30 in Ghana, which was the time I woke each…
day of the dead
There’s a reading tonight hosted by the Pan-African Writers Association (PAWA) but I was simply too tired…
see what we saw
If you were at the NYPL yesterday for Betsy Bird’s Children’s Literature Salon then you…
end of the road
Somebody keeps moving the goal line post. And that somebody, of course, is me. I’ve…
farewell, Coretta
My grandmother was an ardent admirer of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A “colored” woman…