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The Blood Behind Your Ballot
Blood. Bondage. And the ballot. People paid with their freedom—and their lives—for a right we sometimes talk ourselves out of using. Today, I want us to remember their names.
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The Blood Behind Your Ballot
Nothing but the Blo...
Right to Write
What do a ballot and a blank page have in common? Both require you to believe your voice matters. And both are absolutely useless if you never do anything with them.
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This is my writing quarter.
Everything—and I mean everyth...
Your Lying Manuscript
Walter Mosley said it a month ago on a Zoom for The Center for Black Literature’s
Summer Series. And in his MasterClass. I say it all the time. To get your novel finished, you need to have your butt in a chair and write every day. Whom are...
A Writing Life You Can Actually Live
I believe in writing every day. Sometimes that means a hundred words. Sometimes 2500. Did you hear me say good or great words? No, I didn’t say that. Today, let’s talk about the actual writing life we should achieve.
A Writing Life You Can...
Finding the Idea You Have to Write
For me, the most hectic—and refreshing—moment is when one book is finished and turned in. My mind doesn’t like to be idle, so I find things to do. I read. I explore. I bake. And eventually, I reach that moment when my brain says, “The heck...
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Bestselling novelist, engineer, and professional question-asker. I connect history, books, and the way we live now—with Black women’s stories at the center. Write of Passage is where I think out loud about culture, power, writing, and reinvention.
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