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Meeting My Penpal/Cousin
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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…
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My First Writing Residency
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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.…
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The Season for Honoring Ancestors
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I have a business phone and a personal phone. I had the personal phone the longest. Had the phone number for 14 years (I’ll get another phone so I ain’t tripping on the number), and I had the phone for about 6-7 years. A few days ago, it just stopped…