Category Archives: published
This story… If I didn’t post, tweet, or blog about it, I squeezed it into this book. #sayhername #blackgirlmagic (literally) #HaitiLovesDetroit #HaitiLovesFlint #HaitiLovesNOLA From Publisher’s Weekly: Alessandra Balzer at HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray has preempted author Ibi Zoboi’s YA debut, American … Continue reading
It’s my birthday today! It’s also the late, great Octavia Butler’s birthday. And the late, great Katherine Dunham’s birthday, too, who had a deep love of Haiti. I really do believe in the secret languate of birthdays and astrology. How … Continue reading
Eleven years ago, I attended the Clarion West Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop in Seattle. Six weeks, seventeen writers, six instructors. It’s been said we’re the only Clarion West class who have had the most profressional publications. Needless to say, … Continue reading
My short story, “The Muralist”, is up on Expanded Horizons. I wanted to practice “voice” when I first started writing this story–the word choice, the pacing, the tone, rhythm of the story. It’s a ghost story told in the point … Continue reading
I adore this publication! Yep, the Caribbean has a whole different aesthetic when it comes to literature. Our history, folklore & mythology, landscape, and overall culture determines how our stories are told. Summer Edwards is the magazine’s creator and she’s … Continue reading