ABR: How did you develop an interest in writing poetry and where does your inspiration to write poems come from? WABUKE: Poetry was my first love, but it took me a long, circular time to be strong in the work. I wrote my first poem when I was six. It was about an elephant named […]
I never thought of myself as political. I just write about my experience. But it just so happens that my experience is situated in the body of a woman, of an African, of an American, of a mother, of a sister, of a daughter, of a lover, of a yoga-obsessed organic food eating appreciator of […]
We’ve all been there. That moment in a writing workshop where you notice you are the only person of color…and your peers–no matter how liberal and enlightenened–want to talk about your race rather than your work. Writes award-winning journalist and human rights activist Zahir Janmohamed for Guernica Magazine’s “Race Issue:” I sat on the bean bag […]
“When I began to write I wrote exactly the stories I was reading.” –Chimamanda Adichie Read her speech below and watch her powerful TED talk HERE! Chimamanda Adichie: I’m a storyteller. And I would like to tell you a few personal stories about what I like to call “the danger of the single story.” I […]
