delighted + honored to have my work featured in The Night Heron Barks. gratitude for Rogan Kelly, a true lover of poetry + am absolute delight to work with. nightheronbarks.com/spring-2021/ad…

GOOD MORNING TO THESE WOMEN ONLY. Maureen Jensen Angela Stokes #mamacta dailyprogress.com/news/local/edu…

low key an urgent case for the follow up question. cc: my 21/22SY professional goal outcomes

Teaching about racism is one thing. Teaching culturally relevant content is something else. Teaching with an anti racist lens is yet another thing. All of that is different from teaching critical race theory.

say, hypothetically, I was building a curriculum from scratch combining US History, American Lit, and AfAm History. say, hypothetically, I was building conceptual units and centering Black wisdom, joy, bodies, and power…

We spoke to Alexis Nikole Nelson, a.k.a the "Black forager" on TikTok, about foraging, the outdoors and connecting with African American and indigenous food traditions. n.pr/3hiHEsA

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For this week's #PENTen interview, we spoke with our 2021 PEN America Emerging Voices Fellowship Emerging Voices fellows. We get insight into their creative processes, how they’ve developed as artists and writers, what inspires their literary practice, and more: bit.ly/3mmBeLN.

this question exists in two parts: at what point are white leaders going to embody the tenets they pay Black scholars to teach in PD and who is protecting the educators they experiment upon in the meantime?

I’m subbing today.. it has me reflecting: I routinely go in pursuit of needs only to stumble across opportunity, challenge, delight. Ss aren’t ‘defiant liars’ bc a bathroom brk turned into grabbing lunch, talking to a friend, avoiding a T; they are humans navigating a life.

in case you thought quiet meant silent; I’m merely reclaiming my time.

nothing says “I had a good time” quite like semi-blurry pics lol. much love to PEN America for inviting us 2021 PEN America Emerging Voices Fellowship fellows to NY for their 2022 Literary Awards Ceremony! ♥️🤞🏽

“come prepared to have fun” is either a threat or a dare, and I take it as such.

I feel like the thing that shocks me every time is: racism is just so racist. like, damn.

It’s all the beautiful Black women getting their Master’s for me

When I write a poem I have no idea what I’m doing