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Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020

Earth Day Reading

In a day full of blessings & communion I have one more beautiful moment that I’m honored to be a part of, this now-virtual Earth Day reading. Please join me & my fellow writers as we read pieces inspired by nature. Mine is an excerpt from my essay Midnight Run to Mexico. Thank you to …

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Yo! If you can buy a tee/tank/sweatshirt to help support @arevolutionarysummer I’d greatly appreciate it. They’re putting together books & writing supplies for the girls who will be attending their program this summer. They have 46 tees to go before they reach their goal👏🏾 Link in bio!✌🏾& 💜 Posted @withregram • @arevolutionarysummer Hey y’all! We still need to sell 46 shirts to meet our goal of $4,000 for 30 personal libraries and sets of writing supplies. And the campaign ends tomorrow 🥴. Can y’all help us spread the word?
Today the Writers & Words reading series has come to an end. We had (what we didn’t realize would be) our final reading this time last year. The first pic is of @mariacgoodson, my W&W partner , & I doing our thang at one of the readings. Maria is wearing one of the @arevolutionarysummer tees (some new ones will be coming soon so be sure to follow them). W&W mission was to, “Connect writers to other writers,” which we have done for six years. I joined as host about 4 years ago thanks to an invitation from Michael Tager (the great connector!) In this capacity I got to meet so many writers from Baltimore & beyond. I’m a bit shy (if I don’t know you well) & can be awkward at times because of it, so this hosting gig really helped me to socially blossom. I am so grateful for the time spent w/ all the folks that read for us & supported us. Btw, that last pic is from when I read for W&W before I was part of the crew✌🏾 & 💜
Me & Elijah (Mufasa in the background) kicking it this rainy Saturday 😍 #auntie
Heading to bed & noticed it snowed ❄️ G’night!
This is unacceptable. Thank you to @mochach1na for your posts because that’s how I first became aware of this uptick in violence against Asian folks. Thank you to @thedwmckinney for sharing @blackliturgies post which I’ve reposted here. Thank you to @blackliturgies for finding the words & sharing them w/ us.
Good morning ☀️ Hope y’all have a good day✌🏾 & 💜
Snow day ❄️
R.I.P. to Cicely Tyson who has been a part of the culture from my earliest days. From seeing her in Roots, to countless movies in between. More recently I enjoyed her as Analise Keating’s mother on How to Get Away w/ Murder & her role in Ava Duvernay’s Cherish the Day. I think I actually believed she’d be in the physical plane forever. Earlier today I was reminding myself to order her book. So thankful I got to share this earth w/ her. 💜 Photograph by Mamadi Doumbouya.

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