Black Authors Who Changed My Life Sistah Girls, from the first time I was able to read a full sentence by myself, I knew that literature and I were going to be lifelong friends. Of course in school, there was a required reading list pinpointing authors such as...
Filter House by Nisi Shawl October is Black Speculative Fiction Month. The speculative fiction genre covers anything that explores a setting that is not “the real world.” Spec fic is not only science fiction and fantasy, but horror and any writing that imagines a...
Instructions: Read the short story and once you’re done (scroll to the end of the story) VOTE on whether this story should be turned into a novel or novella. And if you don’t think the author should keep going, we have a choice for that too. “Ms. Jessie’s...
The day that I fell in love with Black literature was the same day that I read a collection of poems by my (then) favorite rapper Tupac Shakur. The collection was called The Rose That Grew From Concrete. The specific poem that stole this Midwest Gypsy’s heart;...
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Themes: Colorism, Racism, Gender Identity, & Sisterhood First off, I do judge books by their covers. Every now and then I’m looking for a specific title but more often than not I’m browsing a bookstore waiting for something to...
Sistah Girls, have you all seen the TikTok where the lady is dancing down the walkway to board the plane and the caption is like, “PTO stands for prepare the others, cause I’m still going?” If you have, then more than likely you laughed yourself silly for one or two...
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.
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