Desiree Cooper (’13, ’15) in BLAC
Recalling the Buffalo Soldiers, Black Heritage in the Woods Local columnist Desiree Cooper talks African American stereotypes when it comes to wilderness and the historic Buffalo Soldiers When’s the last time you visited a national park? If you’re African-American, the answer is likely to be “never.” According to the National Park Service, only 28 percent […]
Amina Gautier (’13) on Aspen Public Radio
’13 Fellow Amina Gautier was recently interviewed on FIRST DRAFT for Aspen Public Radio. Click on the link below to listen to the show, and also enjoy a second recording of outtakes from the show: http://aspenpublicradio.org/post/first-draft-amina-gautier
Rion Amilcar Scott (’13) in SFWP
A RAMADAN TALE Near the end of the first day of my third Ramadan, Omar went to the store as the sun set and returned at the brink of the moon, bearing everything I requested except the dried fruit. I specifically said dried apricots and raisins. When he left I had just started to grow […]
A. Nicole Kelly (’13, ’15) in FICTION SOUTHEAST
MILK TEETH So now she knew and it was done, and as the curves in the road rocked her in and out of the same bad dream she thought of him: of how rough he’d been with the woman at the wedding, of how surprised he’d been to see her, and then less so, and then resigned. […]
Amina Gautier (’13) Reviews MR. AND MRS. DOCTOR
A New Novel by Julie Iromuanya “Everyone had done it, he supposed. To some degree, they had all told their little lies.” These are not the opening lines of Julie Iromuanya’s striking debut novel Mr. and Mrs. Doctor, but they may as well be. They are the thoughts of Job Ogbannaya, the protagonist. Job’s approach […]
Cole Lavalais in APOGEE
Paradox Lana closed the bedroom door firmly behind her, but it didn’t block out their noise. Even in the elusive moments when screams and screeches and sobbing stopped bouncing off of every solid surface, the reverberation remained. No stranger to self-sacrifice, Lana had done what she was expected to do, until, of course, she discovered […]
Khaliah Williams in Buzzfeed
Recently Kimbilio Fellow Khaliah Williams helped lead a Write-In for Youth in Baltimore. She writes about it here in Buzzfeed: I’m not from Baltimore. The five years I’ve lived here are a long time to me, but they’re a blip in the grand scheme of things. The kind of Baltimore story that has been at […]
