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ESSAYS/On Blackness and other wonders

The Color Sienna

by Sienna Morgan

Si·en·na /sēˈenə/ noun a kind of ferruginous earth used as a pigment in painting, normally yellowish-brown in color (raw sienna) or deep…

ESSAYS/Family

Sometimes It Takes A Letter

by Siera Whitaker

I typed the letter on a regular morning. But obviously, it was a courageous morning. I typed the letter in the dark…

Culture/ESSAYS/On Blackness and other wonders

the privilege of size

by Jasminum McMullen

My story will be faithful to reality, or at least to my personal recollection of reality, which is the same thing. The…

ESSAYS/journeys/On Blackness and other wonders

On Finding and Losing

by Dorcas Akobundu

“Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what…

ESSAYS/Family/On Blackness and other wonders

A Place for Everything, Everything in Its Place

by Victoria Meléndez

I can clean my entire apartment in under two hours. That’s two podcasts or one catch up call with a dear friend…

ESSAYS/Family/On Blackness and other wonders

My Levittown 

by Pirette McKamey

I am embarrassed to admit that I loved Levittown even when it didn’t love me. It was my first home, and like…

ESSAYS/Family/journeys

Unmothered   

by Terri Linton

I can’t remember ever not wanting to be a mother. The lullaby to first tuck itself into my memory was Rock-a-Bye Baby.…

ESSAYS/Family/journeys

The Magic in the Diaspora

by Lyrica Fils-Aime

“Wòch nan dlo pa konnen doulè wòch nan solèy.” The rock in the water cannot know the pain of the rock in…

ESSAYS/Family/journeys

Family Ties

by K E Garland

My mother was born with one kidney when most of us are born with two. This sole organ singlehandedly cleansed her system,…

ESSAYS/Family/journeys

A Motherless Woman

by Courtney McCluney

Grandma. I always just referred to her as that without any qualifiers. I said Grandma Sarah whenever I referenced my paternal grandmother.…

ESSAYS/Family/journeys

The Girls Left Behind

by Laraya Billups

2011. The first boy I ever loved had dimples in both cheeks, a passion for basketball, and a smile that could melt…

ESSAYS/Family/journeys

On Living/Dying/Living in Chicago

by Zainab Karim

Fresh Fear In Chicago, death smells like fresh grass and barbecue. When that last school bell rang at the end of the…

ESSAYS/Family/journeys

The Mole (or How I Lost My Head in Hong Kong and Found It Again in DC)

by Desiree Winns

The Mole arrived in the summer of 2020, the same summer I dropped out of film school and then went crazy (in…

Digital issue #1/Digital issues/ESSAYS/FICTION | SHORT STORY

Our First Digital Issue is here!

by midnight & indigo

It’s here – midnight & indigo digital issue no.1! Featuring 10 short stories and essays by Black women writers from the U.S.,…

Digital issue #1/Digital issues/ESSAYS

About Your X

by Jā. R. Macki

Furloughs layoffs second layoffs meetings business arms financial investments millions low percentage growth surveys money theme inflation HR research investment raise performance…

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