Category Archive » My Writings

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Sunlight Gazing

12/03/09

I'm not your typical watering hole type of girl. These locales usually don't have any savory white wines and the surroundings are often, well, hole-like. What I am, on a good day, is a writer, who by default is also rather antisocial. I frequent places that act as an office during the day and moonlight as a hangout where I can still write until the place closes.

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Their Eyes Were Watching...

09/01/09

Their Eyes Were Watching isThe Root's new culture blog written by some fabulous black women including yours truly. TEWW is a conversation among women, a black version of The View, if you will, about TV, theatre, music, art and celebrity hysteria. We'll touch on a bit of everything: from Zora to Zane, True Blood to Tiny & Toya, and Jay-Z to Jill Scott. So turn off your tube, get to know our personalities and see the world of arts and entertainment through Their Eyes...

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The Day I Finally Called Myself a Writer

07/26/09

It took me years to actually claim the title: writer. Many of us become published writers, see our names in print, start collecting actual checks. And still, we can't say it out loud: I am a writer.

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The Beautiful Struggle

06/17/08

Ta-Nehisi Coates begins his story in fear. It's 1980s Baltimore, downtown, Charles Street, no less or more dangerous than now. He and his older brother, whom he affectionately calls Big Bill, are about to get their manhood trampled by an eager crew from Murphy Homes trying to reconfirm their own. Reputation precedes their adversaries. They "split backs and poured in salt."...

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