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I’m thankful that I have never had to be someone else, in order to have my writing voice heard. As a society, we still have a way to go before women and Black women writers are on a level playing field with their counterparts. One of the most successful authors of our generation, JK Rowling, developed a gender-neutral name in order for Harry Potter to appeal to boy readers. This happened before taking on the pseudonym Robert Galbraith in order to anonymously write crime ficti

As a writer, you never know when or if you’ll get that big break. You write and write and pray that someone out there will take notice of the words you’re putting on the page, and then you write and pray and wait some more. In August 2019, I published my third poetry collection, Sixth Sense. It didn’t receive any critical attention or make it to the New York Times bestseller list. But it has sold well, and the little ones in my life recognize I did something cool. The percept

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