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My publisher, Nomadic Press, has reached its sunset. But you can still purchase copies of my book, How it Happens.
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My poem “Burn” has been published in the January/February 2023 issue of West Trestle Review. A big thank you to Patricia Caspers, Editor in Chief and to the phenomenal writers and artists whose work appears alongside mine.
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I went to the de Young Museum and immersed myself in nearly 50 years of Faith Ringgold’s art. I was inspired by the breadth and depth of Ms. Ringgold’s art and the way that the exhibit shows how her art changed in focus, style, and medium over time and how the artist’s focus changed over…
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One evening as I was scanning Netflix to see if there was something I wanted to watch, I noticed the trending list and I saw that the film Purple Hearts was listed at #7. I remembered receiving a release announcement via email what seemed like a month prior from Netflix. I was surprised to see…
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Our lives are so much more than you could possibly imagine. Voices of Rebirth: A Reading List on Being Indigenous in America
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No, I don’t mean that my teenager is grounded for bad or unsafe behavior. Although, I do think that is a strategy, if done well, that can be helpful in guiding an adolescent to grow into greater maturity. I mean that I have been practicing grounding techniques off and on today, in the midst of…
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I’ve been thinking about writing on my daily walks. I’ve been more consistently involved in the process of writing personal narrative over the past year and a half. But in reality, I’ve been working on this project for many years. I was grateful to be able to make a lot of headway on it at…
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This is an enlightening and honoring post about the late bell hooks by writer and educator Opal Palmer Adisa. “I am not a writer who happens to be black. I am a writer who is black and female. These aspects of my identity strengthen my creative gifts. They … WHAT BELL HOOKS TAUGHT ME
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Here is a link to The Lake County Bloom, which published 3 of my poems this week. Thanks to Lake County Poet Laureate and Poetry Editor, Georgina Marie and David Wakefield, Publisher And I love the artwork paired with my poems!
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