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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Kalisha’s story “Who Killed Her?” appears in Black Renaissance Noire.
Read an excerpt from Kalisha's story "Who Killed Her?" If you are in the New York area, RSVP to the Friday, May 1, Black Renaissance Noire 15.1 launch party at NYU.
My Favorite Life’s Essentials With Ruby Dee™
The filmmakers will next take Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee™ to New York City and the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Saturday, March 28. To keep up with new screenings as well as upcoming news about DVD availability, follow hasthtags #RubyDeeStory and #LoveArtActivism.
Read my new story “No Comment” in Helen Presents: Friday Night Specials.
"No Comment" is excerpted from my novelette of the same name, about a Las Vegas to New York transplant who buys a one-way train ticket to leave the Big Apple, unfulfilled wishes and her abusive relationship behind. Helen is a print and digital literary magazine focused on the culture of Nevada and Las Vegas. If you get a chance to read "No Comment" I'd like to know your thoughts and responses about the character and issues she raises. Thank you for reading...
I Miss E. Lynn Harris.
20 Years Later: This summer Harlem's famed Apollo Theatre will present the musical adaptation of E. Lynn Harris's debut novel, Invisible Life..
My piece 10 Women Authors to Read is Featured on BlogHer.
My piece 10 Women Authors to Read is featured on BlogHer to highlight Women’s History Month. The essay outlines ten contemporary female authors from around the world and their books to read throughout the year.
We Love Barbie…But We Need New Dolls: My piece on Artist Tiffany Gholar over at BlogHer.com.
“As a young woman dealing with my own issues of body image, I began to look differently at Barbie dolls. I began to wonder whether my re-emerging interest in fashion dolls was a good or a bad thing. And the more I confronted my own disordered patterns of eating and exercise, the more I realized the extent to which social pressure to conform to such stringent standards was the real issue I was facing.” -Tiffany Gholar, THE DOLL PROJECT
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