Naomi smiled when she received Amir’s note to ask her out during History class because it confirmed her beliefs—that she was different and special, destined for a normal life of
My grandmother’s mango tree is so big it’s like the size of an oak tree. It takes up so much
Hey, hey, hey! You’ve reached the phenomenally favored and fantastic ______! It is her mantra every month. A cadence like
Japa – Migration (Noun) Origin: Yoruba, meaning ‘to run swiftly’ ‘to escape’ Translated from the
I never saw Nanny cry. Not even when her humble, eat-off-the-floor-clean basement apartment flooded repeatedly.
Sometimes I close my eyes and all I can see is me in Bleu—me in
I started my romance novel the same way I started most academic papers: with a
For as long as I can remember, my great-grandmother never let a night go by
Visiting my grandfather in North Carolina was nothing short of a civic wonderland. Before my
It wasn’t easy growing up so far away from close family. All of my mother’s
Pain \peyn\ n. 3a. Physical or bodily suffering; a continuous, strongly unpleasant or agonizing sensation
It is a Saturday, and the sweltering Nigerian sun seems to have a point to
“You were ashes.” As I stood in the doorway of my sister Everette’s bedroom just
I don’t like the gloves the nurses leave here. They’re rubber and have powder on
My mother never gave me the family recipe for candied yams, so I gotta figure
Naomi smiled when she received Amir’s note to ask her out during History class because
I teach sixth graders by day and write anonymously for a local news column by
Sean is not you. Sean doesn’t drag me from bed at three in the morning,
