By age 6, I knew what nostalgia meant, and it already felt like a dirty word. Nostalgia was a lecture about old Africa, how things were better back then and there, yet again. Nostalgia was guilt and irritation, especially to a child
I am a psychiatrist in NYC. I have published on The Rumpus, Counterclock journal, and HerStryBlog. I like to explore the imaginative and psychological associations of identity, memory and pop culture, and my queer/black/immigrant background.
By age 6, I knew what nostalgia meant, and it already felt like a dirty word. Nostalgia was a lecture about old Africa, how things were better back then and there, yet again. Nostalgia was guilt and irritation, especially to a child