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Pipe Organs, Politeness, and the Possibility of Change

My downstairs neighbor has been listening to a CD that must be called Sad, White Christians with Pipe Organs, on repeat, almost 24 hours...

Authentically Self-Conscious

Last week, while walking through my neighborhood, I saw a family sitting in their front yard. All of the adults and teens were smiling and..

In Celebration of B. Smith

Going to B. Smiths in downtown Washington, DC, was like a pilgrimage for Howard University students in the early 2000’s. My friends and I wo

Forgive me, Eduardo

A young man on a bike pedaled up to me on a street near Coco Beach in Costa Rica. In broken English, he asked if I was the tourist asking ar

Life Wheels and 2020 Vision

While I try not to wait for the New Year to make resolutions, I do use this season to do personal assessments and goal-setting. For the last

Superwoman's Destiny

In the last few months, as I have been trying to create space in my closets (and mind!), I have come across dozens of poems that I wrote in

The Difference Between Mementos and Random Stuff

My parents, Aubrey and Veronica Wright, would've been married for 42 years on October 15, and were married for 36 years when my father pass

Happy Birthday, Tavara

I have this great memory of me and my childhood friend, Tavara Parks, dancing around her bedroom in our pajamas to the song Last Night by Az

A Taste of Power

As an introvert with an active social life, I am in a constant state of "preparing" for chit chat. Sometimes the preparation is mental (e.g.