Book Club Update : The Truth About Awiti

August 1, 2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

This has been such a busy summer, I can hardly believe it’s almost over. I am relaunching the book club on August 10th, 2016, we will be reading The Truth About Awiti by CP Patrick. CP Patrick’s The Truth About Awiti, tells the story of an immortal black woman that has lived through the initial […]

Book Review Sassafrass Cypress & Indigo by Ntozake Shange

August 1, 2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

The tale of Sassafrass, Cypress, and Indigo by Ntozake Shange features a day-in-the-life account of three southern sisters as they each approach defining moments in their lives. We begin the novel with the youngest, Indigo, who is very connected to her ancestors and the slaves that “were ourselves.” She believes in the power black people […]

Book Review; Salt by Nayyirah Waheed

October 5, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This collection of poetry invites you inside yourself to every quiet moment and unspoken thought. Salt manifests the realization of what it means to be a a woman of color, a mother in the African diaspora and a human. It embraces self love and encourages the expression of emotion. Salt encompasses the most important of […]