From How To Become A Black Writer… The new teacher was a woman of late middle age whose dour visage looked out on the assembled students in her class like a vicar searching for signs of heresy. The unease and…
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…
Be Your Mentor I hit the mentor jackpot early. In my twenties, while living young gifted, and Black in New York City, I met the groundbreaking feminist poet Audre Lorde, and the master teacher, poet, and social activist June Jordan.…
Write what you know BUT your deepest writing and knowledge of your story springs from piercing the fog of mystery surrounding what you don’t know…even when you think you do. Write What You Don’t Know Write the story of the…
For my books, article, and essays I have interviewed scores of people who possessed information, or perspectives I have needed to successfully write my stories. I have interviewed women who served time in prison, police officers, victims of rape, rapists,…
