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Navigating tenderness, queer dispatches from the Black Film Archives, my daughters' stepmom, and more
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The first time I attempted to write about my father, it was an indictment
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My good art friends, being the basic bitch of titles, and book recs galore
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Grief, my latest trashy obsession, the last writer I had dinner with, and more
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A No-Frills Check-in
Me being judgy, my last date before the pandemic, the last writer I had dinner with, and a little more
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Happy Black History Month to all who agitate, the PEN/Faulkner longlist, the last writer I had dinner with, and more
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