“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.” – Toni Morrison Last week, I was surrounded by a group of…
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How To Love Your Brokenness
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” – Audre Lorde I just returned home from a weekend writing retreat with my Dallas Public Voices fellows. We had been planning it for months, inspired by the generosity of a kind funder who offered…
“Why Do You Do What You Do?”
“Whoever tells the story writes history.” – The OpEd Project Last Friday was the final convening for our 2019 Dallas Public Voices Fellowship. This has been one of the most rewarding, challenging, and transformative experiences of my life. In the span of three months, I wrote about… what we could learn from…
VISIBLE: Capable of Being Seen
Eleven years ago, I opened up the iMovie app on my computer, pressed the record button, and began to tell my story. It was a Friday night, and I was supposed to be getting ready for a fun night on the town with my girl friend. Instead, the anxiety of planning for…
Be Right Back. Writing.
“On writing, my advice is the same to all. If you want to be a writer, write. Write and write and write. If you stop, start again. Save everything that you write. If you feel blocked, write through it until you feel your creative juices flowing again. Write. Writing is what makes…