Shamecca Harris, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/shamecca-harris/ A Home for Black Women Writers Wed, 14 Oct 2020 04:47:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.midnightandindigo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/unnamed-file.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Shamecca Harris, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/shamecca-harris/ 32 32 153713158 Coming of Age as Black Girl: A Letter to My Niece https://www.midnightandindigo.com/coming-of-age-black-girl/ Wed, 14 Oct 2020 04:47:00 +0000 https://www.midnightandindigo.com/?p=77540 “If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.” — Audre Lorde   Dear Amaya, I waited so long for you. Well before your mother told me she was pregnant, I prayed for a baby girl. I imagined our future play dates at random New York City landmarks that I’m far too old to patron on my own. I envisioned your reaction to your first Nathan’s hot dog at Coney Island, the way your eyes would light up at the 122-foot long fossil dinosaur at The Museum of Natural

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