Poet Warrior by Joy Harjo: Healing Hearts and Nations
“My innate impulse is healing, which is also standing up for justice, which can heal hearts and...
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Tag: black feminism
Toni Morrison’s Sula: Available to and for her own imagination
Toni Morrison’s Sula (1973) has long been one of my favorite books. Besides simply wanting to...
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MaVynee Betsch: Preserving History and the Environment
“It’s history and nature all wrapped together, baby.” -MaVynee Betsch Recently I visited the Best...
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Woman Writer, Educator and Activist Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955): Standing Tall in the Hall!
The crack in the bronze ceiling continued to widen when the 11-foot marble sculpture of Mary...
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Kamala Harris: Unapologetic Power
We ran this piece on Nasty Women Writers in 2021 after Harris assumed the role as Vice President...
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Ntozake Shange & Ifa Bayeza: Some Sing, Some Cry, Part I
Ntozake Shange. The name jumped to me from the screen. Searching around, I learned Shange, born...
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Books, Glorious Books
Books, in any and all formats, are human evolution’s most valuable resource. Books invite us into...
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Journey to Freedom: Harriet Tubman Still on the Move
It’s quite fitting that the 9-foot bronze statue of Harriet Tubman, named Journey to Freedom is...
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Michele Wallace: Grace Under Fire
Michele Wallace (b.1952) is a major force in the Black feminist movement. She is also a writer,...
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