Finished 2024/1/23 (Please, for the love of G-d stop buying books from Amazon) If the gun is on the table, someone has to use it. It’s a common adage in writing because why else would the gun be there if not for use? Acevedo is the kind of writer who puts the gun up FRONT
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Desperate for friends, and time in nature, I joined a Facebook group called “BWW: Black Women Who.” The group apparently stared as a kayaking meetup and then evolved into a general outdoors meetup for Black women. When I arrived in Galveston State Park I was immediately soothed by the landscape. It reminded me of the
I live in Houston, TX. A city known for its highways and sprawl. When I moved to Houston, I knew I did not want to live within the sprawl. At 12, I had a meltdown when my family moved to the NW suburbs of Baltimore because it was “too quiet.” After graduating college, I moved
Lonely lonely that is me
Imani writes about how she felt lonely and 2025
I want a gift for my birthday
Imani shares 31 things that you can get her for her birthday.
I hate the highlight reels
Where Imani takes time to share struggles she’s felt the past few years with moving and learning how to be more embodied.
Imani shares her disdain for the popular 1990s book, Waiting to Exhale.
Recently I’ve been tussling with gender. Nothing too insane, just the feelings of being a stick thin girl in “the city where no doctor needed, you might make a stallion.” I love myself. Intuitively I know when I’m not for someone. I am so expansive and flexible in the ways I can relate to folks
Imani shares a report on Family Meal by Bryan Washington. A bool about queer community in Houston.
I have seen so many posts about “bringing back reading comprehension.” I have a Master degree in Library and Information Science. I am a librarian. I’m sorry to say that reading comprehension has always been low. Black people were learning to read in secret so they could read the laws folks created to continue their