On Reading: Loving the Mess We Are

Before I ever became an author, I was a reader first; which means before I wrote characters wrestling with the questions I, myself, have, I was looking for books that did the same. When I came across Courtney Milan’s Cyclone series, I was drawn to the stories...

Of Dreams and Diasporas—Celebrating King

Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. celebrated his very last birthday, so it seems fitting that this year his holiday falls on his actual birthday. That being said, I’m sure Dr. King is rolling over in his grave at where this country has gone since his...

To Own Thyself Is to Be True

  Sometimes you have to sit with a thing; let it soak, then simmer, then sink further down into the psyche where the real metabolism can begin. Prince’s death hasn’t soaked, simmered, or sunk yet, but I’m going to write about it, anyway....