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The Girl Hiding Inside Me Wears Red, Black, and Green

  • by phillisremastered
  • Posted on September 21, 2017
  • Uncategorized

Last week, as I read about the courage of Jemele Hill in addressing the disturbing messages coming from the White House, my own racial cowardice was thrown into relief. Those people who know me would […]

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Past-Grown Black Woman Epiphany #1

  • by phillisremastered
  • Posted on July 8, 2017July 10, 2017
  • Uncategorized

Hey Y’all: It’s been a long time! Too much has been going on for me to tell you about, and yes, I’m still on official blog hiatus. But it’s my blog, so that means, I can […]

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On Being Black and Being Sat in the Back of Literary Events

  • by phillisremastered
  • Posted on April 10, 2016
  • Afropalooza

I wish I could find a phrase that instantly informs the sweet, perfectly nice, very liberal and progressive white organizers of literary events that if you’ve only got four black guests in a room of […]

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Afropalooza Day 4: Did Y’all Know Ruby Dee Was a Poet?!

  • by phillisremastered
  • Posted on February 4, 2016
  • Afropalooza

Y’all I was just doing a random search and came upon this YouTube video from “With Ossie and Ruby.” It said, “Ruby Dee” performs her poem–and I thought, now, Miss Ruby was one of my […]

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Early Morning Reflection: Day Two of “Afropalooza”

  • by phillisremastered
  • Posted on February 2, 2016
  • Afropalooza

For some reason, I woke up at 3:15 this morning, checking things off my Daily To-Do List. Usually, I don’t awake until about 8am or even later, and when I do, I always chastise myself […]

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It’s Black History Month, Y’all! You Know What Time It Is.

  • by phillisremastered
  • Posted on February 1, 2016
  • Afropalooza

  It’s Afropalooza Time!!!–And I had to come back for this. I had to. You know this is my favorite time of the year. And no, I am not going to give excuses for being […]

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Race + Class = What “Police Brutality” Means for Some (But Definitely, Not All) Black Folks

  • by phillisremastered
  • Posted on August 26, 2014August 26, 2014
  • Uncategorized

I  just don’t write super quickly about emotionally charged events anymore, because when I do, usually I say something stupid and hurt somebody’s feelings without meaning to. And it took me having a really deep, […]

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Party People, Party People: Friday Good News Roll Call!

  • by phillisremastered
  • Posted on July 11, 2014
  • Black Library Girl

I’m up early this morning because I’m pretty excited since this has been a good news week for me: I was included in two new books on poetry that just came out!

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I’ma Throw Shade If I Can’t Get Paid: Once Again, Writers Need Money, Too.

  • by phillisremastered
  • Posted on July 9, 2014July 9, 2014
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Lately, when I rant about things on Facebook or Twitter, my friends tell me, “Honorée, you should blog about this!” A lot of times, it has to do with the way writers are treated in […]

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Slavery Reparations: Don’t Follow the Morals. Follow the Money.

  • by phillisremastered
  • Posted on June 5, 2014June 8, 2014
  • Uncategorized

The traditional argument for Reparations—or “case,” as Brother Coates put it—is based upon past cruelty done to African Americans. And that is not a sturdy foundation.

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