i was supposed to be working on a novel this month but it will keep. instead i have written thousands of other kinds of words – blog words, journal words, […]
Tag: grief
grief is gratitude, fear is intelligence, truth is strategic
over this past week i have been cycling between feeling the rough emotions of this moment and feeling for my/our resilience – our capacity to recover from harm. and i […]
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pleasure in the age of [insert president elect]
if you are actively working on the election (knocking on doors, calling black voters in the south, talking to voters who feel confused, etc), thank you. remember to eat, shower […]
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election exhale
i spent the past weekend at a gathering called with/out ¿borders? hosted by the arcus center for social justice at kalamazoo college. it was a well structured gathering, four plenary […]
what it takes to look
this grief is profound. the pace is so fast now – today i haven’t been able to catch up with either my life or the names and stories of black […]
9:41am, 9/11
i was 6 days into being 23 when 4 planes crashed in 3 states and changed my world. it has been 15 years since that day, and the fact that […]
10 times Hamilton lyrics perfectly described my mood
my book is due, so of course i feel prolific on all things pop culture (not exactly the subject of said book). i finally heard hamilton and i think it […]
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the weight i carry
the weight i carry (shame in the blood, grief fragments) is feathered with love . the shame i carry (weight as a mask, living guilt) is never lonely . the […]
#blackband: how to, a reflection
#blackband: how to, a reflection i am just over a week into the practice of wearing a black band on my left arm as a statement of grief, and as […]
black band
i am going to begin wearing a black armband on my left arm, closest to my heart, to indicate that i am a warrior in mourning. that #blacklivesmatter to me. […]