Si·en·na /sēˈenə/ noun a kind of ferruginous earth used as a pigment in painting, normally yellowish-brown in color (raw sienna) or deep reddish-brown when roasted (burnt sienna). Sienna— Skin the color of beginnings. Both your name and body, painted…
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Melam partially unzipped the full body control unit and took a deep breath. It was crafted from lightweight fabric, yet designed to fit snuggly enough…
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The fireflies hovered in front of me, their green bodies emitting a radio buzz with their wings. Crickets hummed and perched themselves in trees as…
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No roads led here, this place like a scar of an old wound. No signs marked its location, no post hung with its name. There…
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If I walked to the window in the kitchen, the little one right above the creaky sink, I could look out over the backyard…
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My mother never gave me the family recipe for candied yams, so I gotta figure it out myself. Everyone else already has a Sunday…
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On Christmas night, I found peace in my mother’s rendition of a Jody Watley song. Only inches from the speakers, Mama sat cross-legged on…
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For seven days straight, I’d dreamed of snapping green beans at my Nana’s feet, on the floor in the dining room, up against the wall with a metal…
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My favorite book as a child was The People Could Fly. I stared with fascination at the illustrations of people with backs as straight as ironing boards, feet…
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Ukwangala kwachila ulupwa. Friendship surpasses family. Bemba proverb My sister came to me a few months after I turned two, right in time for my memories to crystallise.…
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My grandma’s house was always full. The hinges on the front door were almost invisible. In the heart of Cleveland, Ohio, not a side town…
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She went to see if he was dead. But when she got down to Olive Branch and saw Beanie in his hospital bed, his breathing…
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I typed the letter on a regular morning. But obviously, it was a courageous morning. I typed the letter in the dark because I had…
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“Go back to Jamaica? You must be crazy! What would I do out there except pick-up bottles off de street and beg fe change?” Disbelief…
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