Rethinking Pink
A friend once described me as “pink” and I wanted to punch her in the face. She meant it as a compliment to underscore my
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February 28, 2020
Kerra Bolton
Are Role Models Necessary When You’re Grown?
I have reached a strange age in life when many of my childhood heroes are dead or fallen. Like most life transitions, it
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January 29, 2020
The Wisdom of Endings
This year has been one of endings. The Avengers, Rise of Skywalker, and Game of Thrones released final chapters of their epic
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December 27, 2019
Why I Learned to Swim in My Forties
Black bodies rocked against the splintered wood in the hull of the slave ship. Rusty chains rattled with each rise and fall
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November 25, 2019
In Celebration of Black Poets
I was 7-years-old when I encountered Phillis Wheatley’s poetry. Our assignment was to write a report about a famous historic
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October 22, 2019
How to Start Finishing Your Best Work
It was a clear choice on a hot day. Spend the rest of the afternoon drinking cocktails on the beach or go home and write.
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September 22, 2019
Toni Morrison, Beloved, and Me
I cradled Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved in the crook of my arm the summer before my 18th birthday. Sweat dripped from my
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August 21, 2019
Can Reading Be Hopeful in an Age of Cynicism?
Andrew Hartley is used to pissing people off. The author of 21 published books in multiple genres, Andrew’s work spans ghost
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July 24, 2019
When Netflix Traumatizes You
Ava DuVernay’s “When They See Us” is a breathtaking masterpiece and searing indictment of the American criminal justice
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June 23, 2019
