This is a photo of me and my then five-year-old son Michael at a party celebrating the publication of my first book Migrations of the Heart. That was forty years ago. Check out the Migrations of the Heart cake. I…
Jennifer Baker’s essay (see below) about the erasure of Black women in the publishing industry is unfortunately a very familiar story. As a published writer and literary activist for over 40 years, I have witnessed scores of Black women trapped…
Many of my novels have been set in my hometown of Washington DC. One of my most satisfying days was the unveiling of a cultural plaque on Harvard Street where I grew up. The plaque has a quote from my…
It was my pleasure to work with Sadeqa Johnson when she attended Hurston/Wright Writer’s week several years ago. Sadeqa was a star writer in a strong class of writers. Her new novel Yellow Wife is a historical novel inspired by…
I love reading short stories. A finely crafted short story haunts the reader with the same power as a deeply affecting novel. Rion Amilcar Scott is one of my favorite short story writers. If you have not yet read his…
