In "Speaking of Summer," the Black women appear to have it all: great homes, men, careers, girlfriends, beauty. But there is a cost to keeping the realities of how they feel about their treatment in the world such a closed secret... I thank editor Christopher Schnieders for publishing this small piece of it and I look forward to finishing it, to share more to come!
Category: Women
“Liberty City” extended until July 19 at #etaCreativeArts in Chicago.
The intimacy and trust between audience and actor for this performance can hardly be reviewed or criticized and must just be experienced... Jeff- recommended "Liberty City" is LIVE this weekend and extended until July 19: this Friday, Jul 10 (8pm), Saturday, July 11, and Sunday, Jul 12 (3pm). ALL SEATS - $20. To get your tickets call 773 752-3955 or go online http://www.etacreativearts.org/
“We have to give our black girls “the Talk”- and it’s not about sex…”…my essay on the horrifying McKinney, Texas, injustice, on SheKnows.com…
Racial profiling does not discriminate by gender...it's time to tell our black girls the police may not be working for them.
Birthing a Slave: Reproduction and Inhumanity during America’s Slavery Era
To understand how the joyous occasion of motherhood was a form of suffering for black female slave, please read this excellent post on "the book Birthing a Slave: Motherhood and Medicine in the Antebellum South, by Marie Jenkins Schwartz. The book tells the history of a somewhat esoteric subject: the need of slaveholders, and the … Continue reading Birthing a Slave: Reproduction and Inhumanity during America’s Slavery Era
Happy Mother’s Day!… My essay and tribute to my mom #Juwana and teen moms on SheKnows.com.
I wrote about the many advantages I had as a child of a teen mom over at SheKnows.com. Happy Mother's Day and enjoy! #Juwana #ILoveMyMom
What Billie and Phyllis Sang About
Read my story "What Billie and Phyllis Sang About", about an abandoned black woman left to survive alone in Harlem, in the new issue of Atticus Review. My favorite Billie Holiday and Phyllis Hyman music is on the story's companion soundtrack Here. #BillieandPhyllis
A Story and a Mentor’s Memoir
Look into my new story just published in Crack the Spine Literary Magazine: "The Incredibly Short Love Affair of Sixo Reese"... and the memoir WHAT COMES NEXT AND HOW TO LIKE IT by Abigail Thomas, the magnificent writer and teacher who taught the workshop where the story was born.
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