writing

Illuminating the Darkness

A very wise professor, for whom I have a distant connection to, posted an article by James Baldwin on Facebook. I happen to live in the same city as this person and we attended the same university as undergrads decades ago. The posting gave me some clarity and it helped name what I have beenContinue reading “Illuminating the Darkness”

My Writing Routine

I have a very loose writing routine that is becoming more and more refined. If I am able to get out of the bed by 3 AM or 4 AM, I write. More recently I journal in my notebook first. I keep my writing journal handy, it comes with me everywhere I go because thereContinue reading “My Writing Routine”

Claudia Rankine

Claudia Rankine is a Jamaican born, award winning poet author, and essayist. She writes about race in a way that illuminates what it feels like to exist in Black skin against the backdrop of White America. She is a master surgical physician with words, cutting through flesh, muscle, down to the bone–making visible the traumaContinue reading “Claudia Rankine”