KWhole Apoethecary Rescriptions — Rx #4

Rx #4: What Would True Health Care Be? As we near the end of Black History Month, this series of tweets from Dr. Ashon Crawley response to the release of the recent movie, Judas and The Black Messiah, stood out to me: Reading Crawley’s series of tweets helped me to realize how much care is […]

The M(N)STRY: Black UniKorn & The KWhole Tree

I know I have been gone for a while but this year is calling me back here… As full of grief as this year has been, it has also laid the groundwork for new inspirations within me. One of the projects I have coming up is a Reading & Discussion series for Lewis Latimer House […]

M.G. Reviews: “Yabo” and The Possibilities of Black Love

Happy Black Speculative Fiction Month. This month I will post reviews and lists of black speculative works that I’ve read recently. By the way, please support my Go Fund Me as I raise money to get a new laptop and continue building my writing career. Here is my review of Yabo: A few months ago, […]

Moving on the Wires: This Week’s News and Posts

*Please DONATE to my blog at the side of my blog to fund trademarking and future merchandising, and to continue my ability to attend future events. Doing this costs money!!! Anything helps!!! Thank you!!!! *New Submission Guidelines on Contact and Submissions Page. Update: *Unnamed Press announced the NYC launch of PEN Fellow Deji Bryce Olukotun’s […]

Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth: Audre Lorde’s “A Woman Speaks”

In honor of Audre Lorde’s birthday, which was yesterday, here is her poem, “A Woman Speaks.” I read comments about this poem and that it is about women in general, but I disagree. If it is read carefully, especially the last few lines, it is clear that it is about black women whose voices are […]

Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth: Audre Lorde’s “Recreation”

Thanks to Melanated Writers Collective for quoting the poem today. As a writer, I love the sensuality of this poem; how the two are creating themselves and the world around them in writing. Like two deities writing themselves into existence. Recreation Coming together it is easier to work after our bodies meet paper and pen […]