Blog #16 Every third Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m., Maureen McDole, Denzel Johnson-Green, and I talk about Poetry in a Facebook livestream. We all live in the… Read More
Genre: Literary
Why Do I Write?
The day after our emerging artists conversation on Zoom, I spoke to my mentor, Roxanne Fay about the event, which she had watched on Facebook Live. Among many interesting comments… Read More
You Good?
Blog 16 This weekend, I was lucky enough to attend a gallery at the St. Pete ArtsXChange in the Warehouse Arts District. A piece I wrote to accompany a Carrie… Read More
Black History Month Poetry Showcase at Studio 620
Blog #15 My friend, poet Miesha Brundridge, organized and hosted an incredibly moving and powerful Black History Month showcase on February 27. Miesha has been organizing seasonal showcases for over… Read More
Writer’s Block
Blog 15 Writer’s Block is one of the scariest things a writer can face. Lots of times when I’m teaching a class or talking with someone about writing, they… Read More
Cultural Translation
Last week I was talking about my novel with my mentor, Roxanne Fay, and she asked me a very interesting question: if the opportunity presented itself, would I want to… Read More
Important Now: A Conversation with Black Woman Poet, Bernice Willis
KM: In the fall of 2019, when I took Dr. Gary Lemons’ “Bible as Literature” class at USF we spent an entire semester studying your book Poetic Expressions My Love… Read More
Writing Advice
Blog #14 I recently read Maya Angelou’s powerful collection of poems, I Shall Not Be Moved, and in her poem “Grandmothers” she writes, “When you learn, teach. / When you… Read More
Women’s History Month When You Are Not a “Woman”
Blog 14 Already this year, I’ve been asked to speak about Women’s History Month by two different people for two different organizations. It’s weird to me. I realized I was… Read More
Pandemic Burnout & the Urge to Travel
Blog 13 I struggled to come up with the topic of this blog. For a while, I thought I’d write about shipping container homes, which I’ve recently become obsessed… Read More