Say You Will “For their first-round pick, the Atlanta Falcons select quarterback, Cion Sanders, from Duke University.” The room rumbled with applause, watching highlights of Cion’s career as one of the nation’s leading college quarterbacks. His mother, who wasn’t a...
Sistah Girls, Black Women Storytellers is an interview series that amplifies women who use different mediums and styles of writing to share their stories with the world. Ashley J. Hobbs is a writer, podcast producer, and speaker whose work sits at the crash site of...
Loathing Love by Indigo “Fuck,” came out in an exhausted groan. Dovie finished her workday and was ready to go home and relax. Like most other people, she was sure to always be on time clocking out. That day, however, she’d fallen a little behind. Messenger bag slung...
Belle Femme by Katchouscia Apollon Have you ever prayed for something so badly even in your dreams it felt like reality? You wondered how it would be to actually have it? Well, these questions pertain to my life. When I lived “nan peyi lot bò a,” in the country on the...
Molasses by Unoma Nwankwor Twenty-eight-year-old Adesuwa Eremu adjusted her eyes to the sunlight that invaded the room. The dawn of a new day and the end of her life. By midday, she’d be engaged to a man her late father didn’t particularly like. Sixty-seven-year-old...
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.