Promoting Creativity – June Edition

I got back from vacation just in time to do another Promoting Creativity! This month I have the great privilege to introduce Kierstyn Darkwater! 1) Tell us a little bit about what you do. I do a lot of things, mostly because I’m easily distracted. I run three comics - Chronicles of a Bitch Goddess,…

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100 0f 200 Books Read This Year

Today I reached 50% of my reading goal for the year! 100 books of 200. Man it's been a struggle this year to keep up with my reading goal. But I've managed to get back on track in the last few months. I have so many reviews waiting for me in my drafts it's crazy…

Vinegar Girl – Retellings Of Shakespeare

Goodreads Synopsis: Kate Battista feels stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty younger sister Bunny? Plus, she’s always in trouble at work – her pre-school charges adore her, but their parents don’t always appreciate her unusual opinions and forthright manner. Dr. Battista has other problems.…

Spill -A Poetry Collection

Goodreads Synopsis: In Spill, self-described queer Black troublemaker and Black feminist love evangelist, Alexis Pauline Gumbs presents a commanding collection of scenes depicting fugitive Black women and girls seeking freedom from gendered violence and racism. In this poetic work inspired by Hortense Spillers, Gumbs offers an alternative approach to Black feminist literary criticism, historiography, and the…

Update On Mourning

I've been avoiding this post for awhile, but when I sat down to journal about it today I realized I shouldn't be. The reason I've been avoiding this is because I thought I was going to be able to publish Morning soon.   I'd already finished it, edited and was waiting to put the final…

The Swans of Fifth Avenue – A Story About Truman Capote

Goodreads Synopsis: Centered on two dynamic, complicated, and compelling protagonists—Truman Capote and Babe Paley—this book is steeped in the glamour and perfumed and smoky atmosphere of New York’s high society. Babe Paley—known for her high-profile marriage to CBS founder William Paley and her ranking in the International Best-Dressed Hall of Fame—was one of the reigning monarchs…