Stories and Articles
Nonfiction
The African American Woman Who Shaped the Future of Art, A rarely recognized woman, the artist Meta Vaux
Warrick Fuller, laid the foundation for The Harlem Renaissance. On The Issues Magazine, Fall
2009.
Warrick Fuller, laid the foundation for The Harlem Renaissance. On The Issues Magazine, Fall
2009.
Essays
"Passage To India" -- After the death of her mother, the writer, guiding a group of college students in India, sees
the ghost of her mother and follows her to a place that is a monument to love -- the Taj Mahal. Selected for The Inspiration Room by HBO #BecauseOfHer, a gallery show in New York City. MAMM Magazine, on women and cancer. See PDF below. |
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"Tender Rival" -- Not knowing how to deal with the news that her mother has ovarian cancer, the writer becomes
jealous of a relationship developing between the mother and her doctor. MAMM Magazine on women and
cancer. See pdf below.
jealous of a relationship developing between the mother and her doctor. MAMM Magazine on women and
cancer. See pdf below.
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Short Stories
"The Echo" -- A teacher's pride soars when a young women exercises her voice in prose "Short Takes" on the topic of "Activism." Persimmon Tree, Spring 2014.
"A Basket of Biscuits" -- A girl learns from her grandmother how 'the help' turned the tables on klansmen. On The Issues Magazine, Winter 2011.
"Mona's Coat" -- A black mother shows her mettle when she goes with her young daughter to buy a coat in a not-entirely-friendly white department store. Noted by A Room of Her Own Foundation, Orlando Gallery of Writers and Artists.
"The Bag" -- Mona, raised by her grandmother and step-grandfather, returns after the death of the elderly man, the one who had always made her feel most at home.
"No Title" -- NEW! A woman, a pandemic, a lockdown in Romania and a neighbor who comes to the rescue.
"The Echo" -- A teacher's pride soars when a young women exercises her voice in prose "Short Takes" on the topic of "Activism." Persimmon Tree, Spring 2014.
"A Basket of Biscuits" -- A girl learns from her grandmother how 'the help' turned the tables on klansmen. On The Issues Magazine, Winter 2011.
"Mona's Coat" -- A black mother shows her mettle when she goes with her young daughter to buy a coat in a not-entirely-friendly white department store. Noted by A Room of Her Own Foundation, Orlando Gallery of Writers and Artists.
"The Bag" -- Mona, raised by her grandmother and step-grandfather, returns after the death of the elderly man, the one who had always made her feel most at home.
"No Title" -- NEW! A woman, a pandemic, a lockdown in Romania and a neighbor who comes to the rescue.
