When I began Plantains and Our Becoming by poet and performer Melania Luisa Marte, I felt like I was on a journey through generations of Black women from all walks of life. Luisa opens by letting readers know that this won’t be your regular degular poetry book,...
Sistah Girls, you know we love us some poetry over here. In celebration of National Poetry Month, we got the chance to speak with author and poet Keith Nweze. Newze is the author of several published books of Poetry; Struggle, The Black Collection Vol 1, Soul...
Kimolee Eryn: The Poet You Didn’t Know You Needed Confession time: poetry scares me. I’ve tried reading it dozen of times, by many different writers—and every time resulted in me feeling as if I’d missed some great point. I felt underwhelmed which led me to the...
Sistah Girls, what’s happening? For those of you who had no idea, the month of April bares reverence to two of my favorite things on this planet… Black women and poetry. Now while Black women deserve ubiquitous praise and celebration all 365 days of the year–and to...
Sistah Girls, I have really amazing friends who know that my range includes talking about the “Real Housewives of Potamic” to debating topics within Black History. Knowing this, my friends always share things with me on social media, and one day my good...
Black Contemporary Poetry Sistah Girls, April is National Poetry Month! We are celebrating by giving you some Black contemporary poets who are taking over and shifting the literary atmosphere with their words. Since I was a child, I have loved and had great respect...
For women of color to continue the conversations that we have in the nail salon, beauty parlor, church, and during our lunch breaks at work. This is a place where you can kick off your shoes and get comfortable.