Poetry: For My People by Margaret Walker
For My People Margaret Walker For my people everywhere singing their slave songs repeatedly: their dirges and their ditties and their blues and jubilees, praying their prayers nightly…
Photography: Gazing Globes
Gazing Globes by Paula Hayes is an exhibition at Madison Sq. Garden, closing on April 19th. They look like something from The Jetsons and feel like a…
Diary: The Black Bitters
A friend jokingly called me an angry black woman. And by so doing became the scapegoat I had been waiting for. Have you noticed how in conversation with…
Personal Style: By the Water Side
Hat - From my days at the American Red Cross Happy Koryo Fabric Necklace (aka Wax Print Bling!) - Mawusi Dress - TJ Maxx Maafio Shawl - Mawusi…
Poetry: Women by Louise Bogan
Women have no wilderness in them, They are provident instead, Content in the tight hot cell of their hearts To eat dusty bread.