Category: Personal Thoughts

  • Meeting My Penpal/Cousin
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    Meeting My Penpal/Cousin

    Meeting My Penpal/Cousin

    I signed up to be apart of this bomb ass community called the Black Letter Writing Society. As the name suggests, it’s for Black folks only. Once you sign up, they’ll send you 5-8 penpals whose bios are similar to yours. My penpal/cousin wasn’t on my list, but I was…

  • My First Writing Residency
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    My First Writing Residency

    My First Writing Residency

    I spent two weeks in March in Amherst, Virginia as a writing resident at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are provided, and once-a-week housekeeping is included. Residents are writers, visual artists, and composers, and there are about 20 or so present at one time.…