Why Review Books? A Personal History
Why review books? What’s the point? To what useful end is one reader’s take on someone else’s art beyond her own delight, […]
Tag: poetry
Imagining Empathy
At the beginning of May, I had the opportunity to go to a talk with Clint Smith, writer and scholar, and Jesmyn […]
On Writing, Rage, and June Jordan
Recently I’ve been meditating on the idea of black rage. Specifically, I’ve been thinking about stereotypes about “angry black women”—where these ideas […]
Emerging Author Dispatches: Five Things I Wish I Knew About the Publishing Process Before Starting Out
Full disclosure: This blog post should’ve been up two three weeks ago.* Lately I’ve been negligent in my WROB fellowship duties (and […]
What Gets Lost
Several years ago, I bought an unbelievably gorgeous ring at a department store in Toronto. I have no idea how much it […]
On Summer
Lately I’ve been looking ahead, thinking a lot about summer. There’s an untitled poem about summertime I’ve been working on for four […]
On Not Writing
Last weekend I participated in Bread Loaf’s Sunday Salon reading series. The reading took place at Jimmys 43 in New York City. […]
Testimony for Together We Rise
Last month I was invited to take part in Together We Rise, a Counter-Inaugural Celebration of Resistance. As an artist who has […]
WROB Fellowship Applications Due 1/15/17!
The Writers’ Room of Boston awards annual fellowships to four emerging local writers who lack sufficient funds to secure a quiet place […]
The Word As A Journey
Writing is a journey that has no end; a path always in the making. It is impossible to say where and when […]