Essays + Stories
Art by: Antoine Cossé
What Does “Vex Money” Do to Love?
The New York Times - August 2022
Her Kind: On losing and finding my mind
Harper’s Magazine - December 2021
Collages by Avery Williamson. Photograph of Naomi Jackson © Tiffany A. Bloomfield
One in a Million: An Elegy for Aaliyah
Harper’s Bazaar - August 2021
Steve Greyson Getty Images
‘The Other Black Girl’ should be at the top of your summer reading list
The Washington Post - June 2021
The spellbinding ‘Revival Season’ makes Monica West an author to watch
The Washington Post - May 2021
Design by Ingrid Frahm
Harper’s Bazaar - February 2021
A Litany for Survival: Giving Birth As A Black Woman in America
Harper’s Magazine - September 2020
Illustrations by Diana Ejaita
‘Love After Love’ reminds readers why we go to books in search of answers to life’s great questions
The Washington Post - August 2020
For many writers, Zora Neale Hurston’s work has been a guiding light. Now there’s even more to read.
The Washington Post - January 2020
Joy Comes in the Morning
Finding Sanctuary in the Wake of Pulse
Virginia Quarterly Review - June 2017
Photography by Shawn Theodore
Falling in Love with Bahia & Brazil: On Negritude, Saudade, & Surrender
Words Without Borders - July 2016
Prince: Finding Joy Outside Conformity
LitHub - April 2016
© Lit Hub 2016
Every Day Something Has Tried To Kill Me
BuzzFeed - August 2015
© Charlotte Gomez | BuzzFeed
Original Rude Gal Grace Jones Taught Me How to Live
Elle.com - October 2015
© Getty Images 2016
The Literary Caribbean, From BOCAS to Brooklyn
LitHub - September 2015
© LitHub 2015
Why It Matters That Serena Williams Keeps Winning
Elle.com - September 2015
© Getty Images 2015
Award-winning short story, Ladies.
Winner of the 2012 BLOOM Chapbook Prize.
© Bloom Literary 2015
The Perfect Covergirl
LitHub - June 2015
