Essays

Dear America

“What’s so frustrating about being Black in America is convincing White people that what is happening to us is real.” James Baldwin

Dear America,

Our Skin is richly drenched in a kaleidoscope of beautiful shades of black and brown.

The Implantation Of A Word

It is an expression. An art form drawing its patrons into its world. A written articulation that turns words into sentences. The sentences progress into paragraphs and the paragraphs push forth chapters that migrate into a narrative journey. One page at a time, the journey moves into an experience. With each page turned, one may be warned…

Remembering Harlem

In an unhurried pace the three of them walked down the Harlem block with interlocking hands. The touch of their palms and the reflections of their memories vaulted stories. Stories that passersby would never know. They were two generations of women with decades between them and diverse life experiences. An endowment of the grace and…