I grew up in the heart of the Midwest during the 1970s, the era of peace, love, Vietnam War protests and what…
I grew up in the heart of the Midwest during the 1970s, the era of peace, love, Vietnam War protests and what…
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…
My favorite book as a child was The People Could Fly. I stared with fascination at the illustrations of people with backs…
The Traveling Refugee. She watched her ancestors burn and hang. In the land of the free. In the land of the brave.…
My story will be faithful to reality, or at least to my personal recollection of reality, which is the same thing. The…
“Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what…
I can clean my entire apartment in under two hours. That’s two podcasts or one catch up call with a dear friend…
I am embarrassed to admit that I loved Levittown even when it didn’t love me. It was my first home, and like…
I have this visual of me trying to lift off of the ground so I can fly. Each time I’m about to…
“I like your locs!” This is what he said to me as I exited the car. I was enamored. For some reason,…
My body never belonged to me. It belonged to birthing pains and bloodstains, entry and exit wounds. It started as something someone…
My 10th grade English Lit teacher cannot pronounce my name. Ironic? I know. So, on the third week of class, I hold…
Part I: Just For Me I look forward to the tri-annual ritual. My mother prepares to sacrifice her firstborn to the white…
“If y’all weren’t so difficult, maybe it’ll be easier to get a man.” “Y‘all? Difficult?” I repeat the triggering words as if…
The day Chiamaka disappeared, her father left the house in precisely three pieces. The first piece left at sunset, when the world,…