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Last month a child in Toronto asked, "What do you do when you're scared?" I turned my response into a Read more

When the pandemic started, I thought I would finally have time to do all the things that constant travel had Read more

Join us tomorrow for the 8th Annual African American Children's Book Fair hosted by the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. For a long time, Read more

What I should be doing: prepping for this morning's virtual school visit, working on my two novels-in-progress, revising the poems Read more

I often think about this quote by Nina Simone and even worked it into one of the poems in SAY Read more

In the age of social media, it's hard to resist the urge to share visual proof of everything we do. Read more

My county is still under lockdown and will be until the end of next week. But that doesn't mean I Read more

I'm afraid of spiders. I'm better now than when I was young, and I don't kill spiders if I can Read more

It's Mother's Day. I did my duty digitally yesterday, sending e-cards and gift certificates. I talked to my mom on Read more