The publication date for THIS IS WHAT AMERICA LOOKS LIKE is been set for February 1. Kudo’s to editors Caroline Bock and Jona Colson for leading… Read More »This Is What America Looks Like Pub Date: 2/1/2021
The Washington Writers Publishing House (WWPH), the publisher of my short story collection “Strivers” is publishing an anthology in 2021. Submit now!
Recently I had the opportunity to collaborate on writing the words for a historical marker honoring the site of an African-American high school my great-grandfather… Read More »A Different Kind of Writing Project
Toni Morrison passed today. As the accolades and memories pour in, I am remembering tackling “Song of Solomon” freshman year and invoking her in one… Read More »Toni Morrison, 1931 – 2019
My story “Cotton Compress” was published in the Callaloo Journal’s latest issue, #40.2. Many thanks to Ravi Howard–who led a great workshop I participated in at Callaloo’s… Read More »“Cotton Compress” Published in Callaloo 40.2
Coming back from another spirited, challenging and enlightening workshop week, this time the notable Tin House Summer Workshop held at Reed College in Portland, Oregon.… Read More »Tin House Summer Workshop
In the wake of celebrating the life of my father, the Aspen Words writing workshop in Aspen, Colorado provided a breezy clean-air escape—again—into the “serious” literary world: Manhattan… Read More »Aspen Words; Words in Aspen
A casual chat in the studio with some old friends at “We R Sumthin Else.” Talking about Donald Glover, #AtlantaFX, Kanye, growing up in the… Read More »“This is America” — Podcasting… Just for Fun
Many thanks to PEN/Faulkner’s Writers in Schools Director Gregory Langen and Eastern High School librarian Ellen Dodsworth for the invite to present and discuss “Strivers and… Read More »Thanks PEN/Faulkner and Eastern High School for The Writers in Schools Invite
I had an interview with the blog site Write and Author, a resource dedicated to helping writers develop their craft and offer advice on publishing.… Read More »Write and Author Interview
Had a spirited reading and signing of “Strivers and Other Stories” in my hometown of Augusta, Georgia at the Lucy C. Laney Museum of Black… Read More »“Strivers and Other Stories” Reading at the Laney Museum in Augusta, Georgia