We are healing and cruising along here in our little corner of these native Cherokee lands, colonially known as “Celo, North Carolina.” Ever since learning about the U.S. Department of Arts & [...]
If you’re like me, you may be feeling a bit shocked to find yourself already staring at the final pages in your annual calendar, flabbergasted that the year is coming to a close. August was a [...]
A while back, I wrote an essay titled “how to be B-” and your responses were overwhelming. Collectively, we achieved tremendous success being B-, which included things like: not dusting, not [...]
Summer has been breathless–bounty, fatigue, gratitude, grief. Bursts of joy fill my world when River leaps from the school bus (!) or Brad returns bleary-eyed but blissed-out after a weekend of [...]
2022 Right to Write Award Recipient: Liz Femi Liz’s Bio: Liz Femi is a Nigerian-American writer, performer, and audiobook narrator. Her work has previously been performed at Rogue Machine [...]
2022 Right to Write Award Recipient: Riham Adly Riham’s Bio: Riham Adly is an award-winning fiction writer and editor from Giza, Egypt. In 2013 her story “The Darker Side of the Moon” won [...]
It’s spring and despite my devotion to being B- I am very happy to say my garden is feeling very A+ right now. Three years ago, this space was red clay dirt and eleven–yes, eleven!–azaleas [...]
I have to tell you something about me at age 22, which is rather embarrassing, but first, I need to acknowledge what’s going on in our livewriting space with EMERGE. This month has felt [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot about something my dear friend Karen said to me recently…that trying to step into this New Year feels like pushing against an inflated balloon. What she’s describing is a [...]
Essay: Dear fellow writers and friends: Last month, I took a creative and entrepreneurial risk, bringing my values loud-and-proud into my newsletter by announcing WRITEABILITY and the Right to [...]