You can read an excerpt from my forthcoming book… For a limited time, you can get 25% off with code: Marita. Click here. Who made me a writer? That is the foundational inquiry that inspired my forthcoming book How to Become…
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…
This year I am celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the publication of my debut book the memoir Migrations of the Heart. I consider the publication of that book to be the official launching of my career as writer and teacher…
In my 1986 novel A Woman’s Place I wrote about a friendship between three young Black women who meet at an elite White College in the late 1960’s. Each of the three young women, Faith, Crystal, and Serena chooses a…
When I was a public-school student in Washington, D.C. the school library was a sacred space. Throughout my years in elementary, junior high, and high school, the school library was where I went to find myself in someone else’s story.…
