Washington Heights Blue Series

  Today I felt a little blue and so I hunted for more blue This…

On Panic, Failure And Asking For Help

“Y ou keep writing these complex things and insisting on doing them, and then saying…

Heart on a Sleeve, A Performance

  Entrance A black woman sits in the audience with a handsome young man. He…

Newsletter #11

ASTER(ix) We are happy to share some exciting news with you this month. Aster(ix) was…

To What Do We Owe This Pleasure: On the Value of Not Writing

  “The goal is not to make a story but to experience the whole mess.”…

Microeditorial: 5 Ways Chris Rock Mocked Black Women For The Amusement Of A White Audience

  1. He shamed Jada Pinkett Smith for her decision to boycott the Academy Awards. He…

Microeditorial: Why I’m Taking a Little Break from Facebook

Humans carved scrapers and points out of stone, and used these to make other necessary…

Inside Jane Heap’s Boudoir “the best conversation the world has to offer”

Much of the twentieth century’s most innovative writing made its first appearance on the pages…

Microeditorial: This Is How

I have often pictured her at a kitchen table, the newspaper at an angle, the…

Review: Una’s Becoming Unbecoming is a must read

Becoming Unbecoming, an anonymously written graphic novel, tells the story of Una.  First sexually assaulted as…