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Celebrating creative writing by Black women from across the diaspora.
Friday Feature: Shia Shabazz Smith
Shia Shabazz Smith is a writer-director and educator based in Oakland, California. With over 20 years of storytelling across mediums,...
Sep 19
Friday Feature: Shy-Zahir Moses
Shy-Zahir Moses (they/them) is a Black person, poet, and educator from Dallas, Texas, whose poems appear in Callaloo , Dialogist , and A...
Aug 22
August 2025 Feature: Kendra Allen
Kendra Allen is a multi-genre award-winning author from Dallas, Texas, whose debut novel Like The People Do is forthcoming in 2026....
Aug 1
Friday Feature: Princess Usanga
Princess Usanga is a Miami-based director and writer with Haitian and Nigerian roots, born in Queens, New York. Her storytelling delves...
May 30
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