When her reflection stared back at her, proud and plus-sized often went horribly in these pageants. Ronda knew her place at such…
Every Friday night I come home from work, change my clothes and I flop down on the couch. In my head, I…
The alarm pings and the piercing sound reverberates through the walls. My eyes blur to make out that it’s 6:00 am. I…
My daughter is black. Skin like turned earth. Eyes the color of midnight. A black freckle on the underside of her wrist…
They built a church on the land where my body was broken. Parishioners come every Sunday morning believing it to be holy…
She went to see if he was dead. But when she got down to Olive Branch and saw Beanie in his hospital…