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…
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…
Two experiences recently got me thinking about the meaning of the phrase “a life well-lived.” The first was attending the Washington, D.C. premiere of the new musical about the life of Frederick Douglass, American Prophet: Frederick Douglass In His Own…
Writing my new book The Strong Black Woman How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women, was as all my writing has been, another opportunity for growth and evolution. Black women today are the first generation…
