I am embarrassed to admit that I loved Levittown even when it didn’t love me.
Behind them, the sun is rising. They’ve been crammed in the car for hours. Jimmy
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I scroll the #blacktravelfeed hashtag on Instagram enduring hour 5 of my hair braiding appointment.
My body never belonged to me. It belonged to birthing pains and bloodstains, entry and
My 10th grade English Lit teacher cannot pronounce my name. Ironic? I know. So, on
TGIF. LOL. BRB. TTYL. OMG. These are just a few of the text abbreviations that
Clumps of wrinkled, white flesh hang from grandmother’s face and pool in the nape of
“If y’all weren’t so difficult, maybe it’ll be easier to get a man.” “Y‘all? Difficult?”
It is 2014. You are a Nigerian living in the United States. You are the
“I love your hair. You did it yourself?” “Aww, thank you. I wish. I can’t
“Then [Noah] sent out a raven, which kept going to and fro until the waters
Hair like strong twine, sweet like the harvest of a California grape vine, to stop
“My name is Tavonne Carson. I’m six years old.” If she hadn’t said my name,
The girl you ask to dinner will never show you her true face. Her deep,
