Curated reading links. Favorite Essays I Read This Week: As a Black Woman, I’m Learning that Rest Is Resistance, Michelle Chikaonda Tears flooded my face when I read Her Kind, a heart-wrenching essay from Naomi Jackson on losing and finding her mind. A Litany for Survival by Naomi Jackson on giving birth as a black woman in America. Reflections, While Sitting …
Month: January 2023
How To Talk to Someone Who’s Obsessed With the Color of Your Skin
A flash fiction. There is a deafening silence in the conference room, filled with white people. Wearing pantsuits and high heels and carrying your laptop, you’ve entered this room and stood on the stage with a straight shoulder a moment ago. When your audience gawks at you, the hairs on the back of your neck …
A Timeless New Year, 15 Books by Black Authors, and Christmas Celebration on January 7
Curated links. Favorite Flash Fiction I Read This Week: Your Mother Imagines You Dead (Via Fracture Lit) Favorite Short Fiction I Read This Week: What It’s Worth Giving Up to Stay in a Family (Via Electric Lit) Useful Article on Writing: Good Enough Is Just Fine, More To That A Book I’m Currently Reading: Aggie Jordan’s memoir A …