For the Black People Still Breathing… This is What We Do: I am still working from home, somewhat, so for me, there are still deadlines and meetings, classes for which to prepare, a campus to prep for pandematriculation, collaborations with colleagues, and quick trips up to campus to procure something […]
“The Bundle in the Middle of the Road”
The following is excerpted from a forthcoming publication for the journal “Review and Expositor.” The longer work chronicles the plight of the Black woman as mule by pivoting around the travails of the two Tamars in the Bible. Tamar in Samuel and Tamar in Genesis. Through these women’s stories and […]
“On The Occasion of a Pending Departure”
Two years ago, my first born son left home to go to college. As I drove away from LSU on my way back to Memphis, I realized how hard this was for me. I am familiar with feelings of abandonment. Separation anxiety resonates with me. The best way I found […]