An American Marriage by Tayari Jones** From the publisher: Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both…
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These are some of my favorite books of 2018 (in no particular order): Heart Berries by Marie Terese Mailhot. The…
I am practically rubbing my hands together with glee right now, because this has got to…
Over the years, I’ve read a number of books on writing, and I can highly recommend the following…
It’s that time of year, when we resolve to do better when we change out the wall calendar in a…
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as…
All of my writing mentors have at one point said the same thing: Don’t give up. Keep Writing. When you’re…
I’m so thrilled to welcome my friend Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar to the Debutante Ball this week! Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar is…
I’m not a person who tends to dispense a lot of advice. I can tell myself that this…
Missing my poetry-mom Lucille Clifton especially today. Here she is reading aloud a poem of hers that I love. Until I…