“Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself. Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes me to research and learn, helps me to understand people and grow.”
NEWS
Hey there!
Changes are afoot and I’m as busy as ever!
Public art has been a side love of mine. I'm working on something new with people I consider great friends and even greater artists.
Until then take a look at my latest piece, "A Few Words”.
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Until next time...
THE ECHOING IDA COLLECTION
Since 2012, the writers of Echoing Ida have shared essential visions for reproductive justice, Black liberation and more. For the first time, our work lives together in one collection.
Community reporting that disrupts political and social norms in order to envision a Black, queer liberated future.
Rooted in Black queer feminism and womanism, Echoing Ida harnesses the power of media for social justice—amplifying the struggles and successes of contemporary freedom movements in the US.
Founded in 2012, Echoing Ida is a writing collective of Black women and nonbinary writers who—like their foremother Ida B. Wells-Barnett—believe the "way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” Their community reporting spans a wide variety of topics: reproductive justice and abortion politics; new and necessary definitions of family; trans visibility; stigma against Black motherhood; Black mental health; and more.
This anthology collects the best of Echoing Ida for the first time, and features a foreword by Michelle Duster, activist and great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Imagining a gender-expansive and liberated future, these essays affirm the powerful combination of #BlackGirlMagic and the hard, unceasing labor of Black people to reimagine the world in which we live.
Edited by Kemi Alabi, Cynthia R. Greenlee, and Janna A. Zinzi
Foreword by Michelle Duster