A year of freelancing

June 21, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

This week marks a year of freelancing for me, and there’s a lot that I’ve learned as a writer in that time. I decided to start freelancing last summer after taking a break from working on a novel and my memoir. I think for awhile, I was a little unsure of what I wanted to […]

Reflections on Angela Tucker’s Red Table Talk

November 3, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

I’ll begin by saying that it takes a lot of courage for adoptees to open up and talk about their adoptions. There will always be people who say that we should only be grateful. There will be people who say that we shared too much. Or that we didn’t share enough. On Oct. 21st, Angela […]

“For Black Girls Like Me” Offers a Much Needed Perspective

October 13, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

About a year ago, I interviewed Mariama Lockington, and we talked about a lot of things, including her upcoming YA novel, For Black Girls Like Me. I eagerly anticipated reading her book, and recently I finished it in one afternoon. There’s so much to love about this book, and there is so much that I […]