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Why do African American people have to explain to white folk the history of these United States? Why do we have to sit and listen to white folk tell us what is wrong with African American people versus taking the steps to understand and deconstruct their inherited racism? Why do we have to watch Susan, … Continue reading
I woke up at 3:55 AM on Sunday, May 9, 2020, and had to write about an epic time in my life: Jill Scott VS. Erykah Badu hosted by Verzuz Creators, Timbalind and Swizz Beats. I fell for the marketing schema and penciled the date and time in my calendar. Yes, I was one of … Continue reading
2 AM CST: I had to get out the bed and write something. My mind is racing. Right now, I cannot think of a title for this post. I am in limbo just like the world is in the present moment. For a mere second life was normal just a month ago and where I … Continue reading
Earlier in January this year, I met some of the members of the Douglass Club of Austin, Texas – Mary Church Terrell District, at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Festival at Huston Tillotson University. I was excited and wanted to know more about their presence in history. I went back to the Austin … Continue reading
I Am Black. I Am A Black Woman. I Am A Black Writer. And, They All Go Together. – Toni Morrison
…what a morning! Last night, I continued on in my plight to find my family members from my grandmother’s side (my mother’s mother). I have found 8 generations on both sides of my family since 2010. While I was in Missouri, I discovered that half of my grandmother’s side of the family is from Austin, … Continue reading
Updates
- In her latest work of short-fiction, atlas brown contributes verses to the 2020 Special Edition of 50in50: Love in the Time of Corona, presented by the Billie Holiday Theatre: The creative writing platform encourages writers to respond to Love in the Time of Cholera, a novel by Colombian Nobel prize winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Read atlas brown's experimental antiphon, Emerging From the Wind.
I am a social change agent and always thinking about how to best serve the global community. I believe that we all have a purpose on this earth and if nothing else it is to treat others as we want to be treated. I have no fear - none at all. And, neither should you!
Visit my digital bookshelf 365 Daily! Scroll through my archive of experimental fiction, poetry, and scholarly works. Feel free to download, buy, and share the digital bookshelf with your network. Get into my creative niche as an African American writer and creative.
A Dramatic Point Weekly Writing Series is a 6-week summer virtual creative writing workshop organized for women of color, hosted by ART | library deco. Writing prompts are provided for each 45-minute session and participants are free to bring their own ideas. Vintage jazz will accompany each event and an artistic visual will be available for inspiration. Register today for all sessions or as many as you can fit into your weekly schedule. All registered writers are encouraged to contribute their work to the COVID-19 INDEX project.
This platform has been created for people of color to share their experiences during the COVID-19 - Coronavirus Pandemic. Selected data, stories, images, audio and videos will be published via an online African American digital art library. These works will be published in our digital-scholar journal, and all submissions will be archived in our online repository in 2021. Click on image and submit your experience.
