Internet 'Scribes
Random writings from around the web...
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PERFECTING MY JENIFER LEWIS FACE TO FIGHT WHITE SUPREMACY
"I discovered my Jenifer Lewis face when, at the start of the fall semester, campus security and Milwaukee County Police joined forces to shut down a back to school party just blocks from my apartment. The party, which I happily attended, was packed with Black bodies dancing and hugging and laughing in all the ways we needed to face another semester at a PWI....." |
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Woke up to a Massacre, and Now I’m Godzilla "I am so tired of trying to write through tears. I know there is no light without darkness, but sometimes it’s just too much to bear. My heart hurts for my fam, murdered for living in their truth, loving and being love. I been to Club Pulse, and had I visited my friends in Cocoa Beach like originally planned, we might have ventured to Pulse to celebrate life and love and memory like we always do when we get together..." |
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I FEEL PRETTY
When I was seven, I cut myself shaving. I remember when I did it, the sharp sting of the blade slicing my cheek, a stripe of pink flesh and red blood from cheekbone to chin. I didn’t scream. I dropped my father’s razor – one of those cheap, white plastic Bics that come in a pack of six – into the sink; the hollow clack and splatter of red against porcelain shocked me into action. I fumbled for tissue, pulling it frantically from the roll, jamming the two-ply to my face. |
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Other Writings
"They Were Talking about Love Being Gone": A short review of De La Soul's And the Anonymous Nobody and its misogynist interlude
"Beats a Speculum": A short exploration of reproductive health and cancer screening as featured on VH1's Black Ink
Interview with Kiese Laymon: An in-depth interview with Black writer Kiese Laymon for Hypertext Magazine
Interview with Khaulah Naima Nuruddin: An in-depth interview with Black lesbian artist Khaulah Naimia Nuruddin for Hypertext Magazine
"We Call Love Longed For": Excerpt from a larger work, published by the ever-inspiring M.J. Fievre
"They Were Talking about Love Being Gone": A short review of De La Soul's And the Anonymous Nobody and its misogynist interlude
"Beats a Speculum": A short exploration of reproductive health and cancer screening as featured on VH1's Black Ink
Interview with Kiese Laymon: An in-depth interview with Black writer Kiese Laymon for Hypertext Magazine
Interview with Khaulah Naima Nuruddin: An in-depth interview with Black lesbian artist Khaulah Naimia Nuruddin for Hypertext Magazine
"We Call Love Longed For": Excerpt from a larger work, published by the ever-inspiring M.J. Fievre
Interviews!
Once and Future Lovers interview on Sippin' On Ink with writer/host Anondra "Kat" Williams |
Sistahs on the Shelf Pick of the Month: Once and Future Lovers. Five star review! |
Hypertext interview for Once and Future Lovers.
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Reviews and other notables...
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"If you aren’t familiar with Sheree L. Greer, let me introduce you to her debut short story collection, Once and Future Lovers. As the titles suggests, love threads the stories together, but prominent themes such as family and maturation are also infused in the characters and their experiences. The collection explores the love of self and others and pleasure, as well as the challenges that love presents in fledgling to lifelong relationships. The collection includes eight stories, some original to this book; some first found their home in other publications. Most feature same-sex love between women; a couple don’t.
Greer writes with intention and the majority of the stories feel deeply personal. The stories are slathered in authentic, human experiences, whether good or bad. The author digs into her characters to unearth their desires and faults. For me, this is the stuff good short stories are made of." -Black Lesbian Literary Collective |
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"Recently, I was asked about short story collections by women of Color, and what a timely thing, too, since I’m planning on reading more short fiction this year. Collections are always a bit complicated for me: on the one hand I want to take my time and savor each story, treat it as a complete work by itself (as should be, unless it’s interconnected stories), but on the other I usually fail and pressure myself to read the whole collection quickly." -BLF Press |
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Best Lesbian Romance: "Of particular note is Sheree L. Greer’s lovely “A Prom Story in Three Parts,” the story of a young woman torn between what society deems acceptable and what her heart demands." - Publishers Weekly
Once and Future Lovers: "The eight stories in this collection show a strong facility with language, mood, and metaphor, taking the reader through a journey into the lives of women and men dealing with the age old issues of love, desire, faithfulness, and the loss of one of the most profound kinds of love." - Fiona Zedde, Amazon Review